Duplicating plans that differ by just a few variables

Lee Winder

We're starting to build up a large number of plans that simply different by a few variables.

For example, we currently have 21+ plans (soon to double at least) where the only difference between them is the application name, a couple of paths and the git repository path.

Due to how this is set up (with 21 distinct plans all with the same steps) if one changes, I have to change 21 other plans, and the more we have, the more of a maintence nightmare this is going to becomes.

How can I simplify this? Is it possible to have a 'master' plan, which we deviate from by overridding variables or other properties?

If not, is there anything in the Bamboo pipeline that might make this possible in the future, because maintance of plans is going to start becoming a serious time sink for even little changes.

Thanks

cbenard1

Hi Lee,

I believe that you have two options here.

The first being branched plans in Bamboo: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Using+plan+branches

With a branched plan you'll be able to point the parent plan at a different repo and tweak it as you like. All under one parent plan.

The alternative would be custom, manual run builds: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Running+a+plan+build+manually#Runningaplanbuildmanually-Runningacustomisedmanualbuild

In Bamboo you can perform a manual run of a plan and change variables on the fly for each run. The only downside is that the runs must be manual and cannot be triggered.

Thanks

Turner