Why is the default variable bamboo.shortPlanBranchName blank

[garrellj]

I'm trying to reference ${bamboo.shortPlanBranchName} in my build plan

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-variables-289277087.html.

It works for branches other than the default branch, but when running the default branch, it returns blank.

[Shashank Kumar]

Hello garrellj,

Welcome to Atlassian community.

This is expected because this build will return the name for only Plan branches and not the default branch ( main branch ).

As per the description at Bamboo Variables 

bamboo.shortPlanBranchName

The name of the current plan branch where the job is being run

For the default branch if you need the same you can use 

bamboo.planRepository.branchDisplayName

The name of the branch displayed in the branch details section.

Regards,

Shashank Kumar

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