Jenkins: Multiple Git repositories for one project

Question

I want to build a project using two Git repositories. One of them contains of the source code, while the other has the build and deployment scripts.

My problem is that I need to have a repository for building and deployment of different parts of the project (big project, multiple repositories, same build and deployment scripts), but Jenkins does not seem to be able to handle this (or I don't know/didn't find how).

This is very similar to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14843696/checkout-multiple-git-repos-into-same-jenkins-workspace — Ola Eldøy, Nov 15 '16 at 06:40

Petr Mensik · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-22T10:02:33.933

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UPDATE

Multiple SCMs Plugin is now deprecated so users should migrate to Pipeline plugin.

Old answer

Yes, Jenkins can handle this. Just use Multiple SCMs under Source Code Management, add your repositories and then go to the Advanced section of each repository. Here you need to set Local subdirectory for repo (optional) and Unique SCM name (optional).

Your repository will be pulled to the Local subdirectory which you have set so then you can build them in any order you want.

Updating per harishs answer - you need to install Multiple SCMs Plugin in order to achieve this functionality.

edited Aug 22 '16 at 10:02

answered May 14 '13 at 08:50

Petr Mensik

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The Multiple SCMs Plugin is now listed as deprecated. – carl verbiest Aug 21 '16 at 06:34

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 14:49

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Answer from Petr Mensik is right but this does not seem to be available by default in Jenkins. One needs to install Multiple SCM plugin to get this feature: https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Multiple+SCMs+Plugin

answered Jun 21 '13 at 14:49

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carl verbiest · Answer 3 · 2017-02-17T13:25:46.343

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I had the same question, when I looked at the Multiple SCM plugin answer I noticed this plugin is now listed as deprecated. There is a notice that recommends to use a pipeline for this.

Below is a sample config of how I managed to do this with a pipeline.

node() {
  stage ('Extract') {
    parallel 'Extract':{
      dir('project1') {
        git url: 'ssh://git@githost/project1.git'
      }
      dir('project2') {
        git url: 'ssh://git@githost/project2.git'
      }
    }   
  }
}

edited Feb 17 '17 at 13:25

answered Aug 20 '16 at 16:00

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This should be the accepted answer! You saved my life. – renelopez Sep 15 '16 at 22:02

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 18 '15 at 21:48

Just sharing my experience when dealing with Multiple SCM. If you want to add multiple git repositories in your jenkins build, make sure that the other git plugin versions are compatible with Multiple SCM plugin. Here's a list of plugin with version which worked for me:

GitHub API Plugin 1.44
Jenkins GIT client plugin 1.6.2
Jenkins GIT plugin 2.0.1
Git Server Plugin 1.2
Multiple SCMs 0.2

Earlier I upgraded to Multiple SCM 0.3 and I was not able to add any git repo in that section.

Rgds, Manu

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 20:55

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When you add another SCM via the Multiple SCM plugin and choose Git. You can specify to 'Check out to a sub-directory' via the 'Additional Behaviours' options for a repo. Thus you can have multiple repos in a workspace.

answered Feb 28 '18 at 20:55

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I realise this is an answer for an old question, but I came across the question with the same issue and found a solution. – enkor Feb 28 '18 at 20:56

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