Branch name is missing when collecting git info from GitLab

[guybar]

When collecting git info from GitLab using the CLI command jf bag the GitLab branch name is not collected.

Expected:
Collect the branch name from the GitLab CI_COMMIT_BRANCH environment variable, and save it as the branch name in the build info

[RobiNino]

Hi @guybar ,
The jf rt bce command is used to collect environment variables to a build info.

The command you are looking for is jf rt bag which collects the Git revision and URL from the local .git directory and adds it to the build-info.
See the docs for more info.

[guybar]

you are correct, I was referring to the jf rt bag command, and you are correct it does not pick up the branch name, as you included in the example you had shared:
"vcs": [ { "revision": "e2c0e017902db2715cf0d6e488e74d841860d969", "message": "Initial commit", "branch": "", "url": "git@gitlab.com:username/test.git" } ]

[agrasth]

@guybar Arey you performing this on GitLab CI pipeline ?

If you are working on a GitLab CI pipeline and trying to collect environment variables from there, you will see them in the properties. However, this will not include Git details in the vcs section.
For example:

{
    "properties": {
        "buildInfo.env.CI_COMMIT_BRANCH": "dev",

 }

Also if you are using build-add-git(jf rt bag) and haven't checkout to any branch on gitLab CI, it uses detached HEAD for the latest commit, which gives you vcs of

"vcs": [
        {
            "revision": "e2c0e017902db2715cf0d6e488e74d841860d969",
            "message": "Initial commit",
            "branch": "",
            "url": "git@gitlab.com:username/test.git"
        }
    ]

This is what are you requesting for ?

[agrasth]

Hi @guybar,

Thank you for bringing this up!

As most CI pipelines run in a detached HEAD state, the branch name is not fetched by default. If we need to explicitly collect the branch name, we would first need to check out to the branch and then capture it. Each CI/CD platform provides its own environment variable to retrieve the current branch:

CI/CD Platform	Environment Variable	Notes
GitLab CI	CI_COMMIT_BRANCH	Directly provides the branch name
GitHub Actions	GITHUB_REF	Needs processing to extract the branch
Jenkins	GIT_BRANCH	Branch name from SCM
Bitbucket Pipelines	BITBUCKET_BRANCH	Direct branch name
Azure DevOps	BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME	Direct branch name
CircleCI	CIRCLE_BRANCH	Direct branch name
Travis CI	TRAVIS_BRANCH	Direct branch name

Since this requires implementing support for multiple CI/CD systems, this is being categorized as a feature request. We will take it up separately based on availability and priority.

Thanks again for your input! Let me know if you have any additional thoughts.