How can Jenkinsfile extract value from console output?

Question

How can I get Jenkins to extract a value from the console output that is generated by a command in a Jenkinsfile?

Specifically, how can I get Jenkins to extract the commit hash from the results of the checkout scm command in the following very simple Jenkinsfile?

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Jenkinsfile

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 node { // Clean workspace before doing anything deleteDir() try { stage ('Clone') { checkout scm } } catch (err) { currentBuild.result = 'FAILED' throw err } } 

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Output Of checkout scm command:

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The Jenkins log prints the following as a result of running the checkout scm command in the above simplified Jenkinsfile:

 Cloning the remote Git repository Cloning with configured refspecs honoured and without tags Cloning repository http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git > git init /var/jenkins_home/workspace/le-repo_sample-issue-branch-2WOFDGRDQWR367VAM7O26H2DKPTRVPDKRTGNRIS4AQNNFP7QIX2Q # timeout=10 Fetching upstream changes from http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git > git --version # timeout=10 using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials > git fetch --no-tags --progress http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git +refs/heads/sample-issue-branch:refs/remotes/origin/sample-issue-branch > git config remote.origin.url http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git # timeout=10 > git config --add remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/sample-issue-branch:refs/remotes/origin/sample-issue-branch # timeout=10 > git config remote.origin.url http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git # timeout=10 Fetching without tags Fetching upstream changes from http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials > git fetch --no-tags --progress http://<bitbucket-ip-on-lan>:7990/scm/JSP/jenkinsfile-simple-repo.git +refs/heads/sample-issue-branch:refs/remotes/origin/sample-issue-branch Checking out Revision 77cf12f42136efc77fecbcd1f761a54254278cb3 (sample-issue-branch) > git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10 > git checkout -f 77cf12f42136efc77fecbcd1f761a54254278cb3 Commit message: "add whitespace" > git rev-list --no-walk e975fb4391677bc09f2056b3e8a6be62eda0b222 # timeout=10 [Bitbucket] Notifying commit build result 

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Restated Question:

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Specifically, what do we add to the Jenkinsfile in order for the log to additionally print out the following at the end:

 Commit hash is: 77cf12f42136efc77fecbcd1f761a54254278cb3 

This is obviously over simplified. The printed output in real life will go into a variable and be passed as an argument into a script. But for this OP, what specific syntax will enable Jenkins to extract the commit hash?

Answer 1

If you need commit hash in particular, the checkout step's documentation mentions an easy way to get it (rather than parse console output etc):

This step returns a Map of any variables the SCM plugin would set in a Freestyle job, so if your SCM is git, you can do:

  def scmVars = checkout scm def commitHash = scmVars.GIT_COMMIT // or def commitHash = checkout(scm).GIT_COMMIT 

Once you have it in a variable it's just a matter of echoing it to see it in the log.

echo "Commit hash is: ${commitHash}"