how to avoid multiple source code checkout from repository under a plan??..

Question

In Bamboo, is there any way to avoid multiple source code checkout, as my repository size is more than 4GB, it is not feasible to checkout the repository everytime a new job is created. I tried artifact sharing,but i need my whole repository for the build. Any alternative to checkout the repository once and use it for the whole plan under different stages and jobs??..

bharath keshava · Answer

Hi Rian,
Thanks for the suggestion. This works out well for saving your space on the hard disk. But every time u run the plan we still have to checkout the whole repository increasing the Build time. As checking out my source repository takes approx 3-4 hrs, rather i would not make a clean build and keep updating it all the time i run it with the cron of space.

Jason Monsorno2 · Answer

Bamboo doesn't natively support it but there is nothing saying that you have to use the working directory to run your jobs/tasks in, it is simply the starting directory for relative references. You could "hack" it to run in your own folder structure (use absolute references or atleast go up a directory or two) and use the dynamic bamboo variables, primarily ${bamboo.buildKey}, to have distinct folders per plan/branch. You'd need to point to the same directory in each job/task in each stage to achieve this but that is relatively little overhead considering.

RianA · Answer

Hi Bharath,

I couldn't think of source code checkout sharing after a build. However I would suggest you to cleanout after the plan finished building. You could do it by checking "Clean working directory after each build" option in "Miscellaneous" in Job settings.