How do I include the Bamboo build number in my plugin's version string?

[Andrew Ardill]

I would like to include the bamboo build number in my plugin's version string. What is the best way of doing this?

I would like my version to read, for example, v1.0.0#12, where this is version 1.0.0 and sequential build 12.

[Andrew Ardill · Accepted solution]

Jens' answer was very useful, I am going to add the solution I used here for completeness sake. This code is more or less completely copied from the documentation linked by Jens however there are some inconsistencies that mean the code there does not work as is, and can cause issues!

The documentation says to use ${env.bambooBuildNumber} however you really want

${bambooBuildNumber}

First I added an environment variable 'bambooBuildNumber' to my plugin's pom.xml, in the <version> element. This was decided to cause too many issues, so we moved it to the atlassian-plugin.xml <description>

<plugin-info>

<description>${project.description} Build ${bambooBuildNumber}</description>

This will allow us to view the build number quickly and easily, but won't affect any dependancies. Notice that the build variable does not have 'env.' prefixed to the start of it.

I then modified the maven goal in my bamboo build to set the environment variable:

clean package -DbambooBuildNumber=${bamboo.buildNumber}

This is working swimmingly for us now.

[Tom Towkach]

I create JAC https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-12042 . You may want to vote on this to bring more visability to development.

[Jens Schumacher [Atlassian]]

Bamboo provides a number of pre-defined system variables that you can use in your build configuration. You can find all available variables in the documentation under:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Using+Global%2C+Plan+or+Build-specific+Variables

To get the build number, you can simply use the following variable: {$bamboo.buildNumber}

To get the version, you would simply specify a Plan variable and use it along the build variable above.

[Michal Ziv]

this does not work in maven!