Ant: Loading a build file from a url

Question

I have a svn controlled project and i'm trying to use ant in Jenkins. The problem is that the build.xml for the project is only reachable by URL. How do i make ant load the build.xml from the URL instead of it looking at the relative path? I've tried adding / at the start of the URL. That makes it not use the relative path but it also breaks my URL because it doesn't ignore the /.

Error without /:

FATAL: Unable to find build script at C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\Ant Build\http:\???\build.xml

Error with /:

FATAL: Unable to find build script at /http:/???/build.xml

Answer 1

I solved this some time ago, but i've forgotten about this question until now. What i did was to link to the local build.xml in the project directory instead of the URL.

Answer 2

Had the same problem with Hudson 3.1.0. A workaround that worked for me is to edit the job's config.xml file:

<entry>
  <string>customWorkspace</string>
  <string-property>
    <originalValue class="string">## full path of your build.xml file ##</originalValue>
    <propertyOverridden>false</propertyOverridden>
  </string-property>
</entry>

The line that begins with originalValue was missing.