I come from Jenkins, and there, it is possible to obtain the Git commit hash associated with the last successful build on a Git branch. The environment variable GIT_PREVIOUS_SUCCESSFUL_COMMIT is pr...

I'm currently using jenkins/hudson for continuous integration a large mostly C++ project. We have separate projects for trunk and every branch. Also, there are some related projects for the Java co...

Within Buildbot I need to be able to "source" an environment before doing a compilation step. If I was building the application from command line using bash I would have to do: . envrionment-set-...

I want to have two docker-compose files, where one overrides another. (The motivation comes from Docker Compose Docs) The use case comes from the buildbot environment. The first docker-compose file...

I'm trying to compose the simplest possible docker buildbot master image that runs buildbot start in ENTRYPOINT/CMD Dockerfile instructions. I've tried to use a lot of combinations of dumb-init, go...

This is a slightly.. vain question, but BuildBot's output isn't particularly nice to look at.. For example, compared to.. phpUnderControl Jenkins Hudson CruiseControl.rb ..and others, Build...

We have a BuildBot setup for our continuous build. Additionally, we happen to use JIRA for all our bug-tracking and task needs. What I was trying to accomplish (and have found little to no informa...

Currently Buildbot does not support multiple repositories. If one desires to have this then separate instances of Buildbot need to be run. Still I'm curious if anyone has come up with a creative w...

I need to use "&&" to execute multiple commands in one step. So I create factory as below: f1 = factory.BuildFactory() f1.addStep(shell.ShellCommand, command=["sh", "-c", "pwd", "&&amp...

Use case: CI server polls some VSC repository and runs test suite for each revision. And if two or more revisions were commited, even in a relatively small time interval, I want the CI server to ...

I need to get data from a server, and this takes time; usually 30 min or more. I have a builder that gets data from this server; I would like that no other builders on this slave, will run, if I a...

Problem I have set up a latent slave in buildbot to help avoid congestion. I've set up my builds to run either in permanent slave or latent one. The idea is the latent slave is waken up only when ...

I'm looking for a way to have a GitPoller changesource watch all branches instead of just one. For now, either I specify branch='some branch' in the GitPoller constructor, or it defaults to master...

I have a buildbot build factory with several steps. One of the steps periodically times out causing buildbot to throw an exception and exit. However, even in this case I'd like to be able to store ...

I am trying to make some extra web pages for a test buildbot, since I am planning to have one running my project. Practically I would like to have a waterfall page that show the button to build a ...

Is there a way to rename a build in buildbot without losing all of the logs? For instance I have several windows slaves which all might build: "Windows 2008+ DEBUG" but I want to rename this build...

I have a builder which consists of steps A, B, and C; and a second builder which consists of steps U, V, and W: How can I 'block' step U until steps A and B are finished? So basically I want that s...

I have a test suite that outputs test results in the Python Unit Test format: http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html Is there an existing Buildbot module/plugin that can parse this form? E...

I've been looking into buildbot lately, and the lack of good documentation and sample configurations makes it hard to understand how buildbot is commonly used. According to the buildbot manual, ea...

Is there a buildbot plugin that will poll a git repository for new commits, like the currently included changes.SVNPoller? The closest I have found is git_buildbot.py, but it works as a post-commi...

I have a buildbot with some builders and two slave machines. Some of the builders can run on one slave, and some of them can run on both machines. What algorithm will buildbot use to schedule the...

My team works mostly w/ Flex-based applications. That being said, there are nearly no conventions at all (even getting them to refactor is a miracle in itself) and the like. Coming from a .NET + C...