Changing Jenkins build number

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Is there a way to change the build number that is sent via email after a job completes   The problem is that are product builds are NOT being done by Jenkins  so we want to be able to get the build number ie  from a text file  and update the build number in Jenkins to match it     I have tried to set the build number   set BUILD NUMBER 45   But the email is still showing the build number that Jenkins originally set

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If you have access to the script console  Manage Jenkins -  Script Console   then you can do this following   Jenkins instance getItemByFullName  YourJobName   updateNextBuildNumber 45

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For multibranch pipeline projects  do this in the script console  def project   Jenkins instance getItemByFullName  quot YourMultibranchPipelineProjectName quot       project getAllJobs   each  item - gt              if item name     jobName       master  develop  feature                     item updateNextBuildNumber  Number         item saveNextBuildNumber                 println  new build      item getNextBuildNumber

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If you have branch name including Forward Slash  using git flow for example   you will need to replace the Forward Slash with its Unicode character  2F within the branch name   Here is an example for the pipeline My-Pipeline-Name and the branch release my-release-branch-name  Jenkins instance getItemByFullName  My-Pipeline-Name release 2Fmy-release-branch-name   updateNextBuildNumber BUILD NUMBER    I was able to find out about this by running the following command which will list the different jobs  branches  for your pipeline  Jenkins instance getItem  My-Pipeline-Name   getAllJobs     Hope it helps

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Under the job workspace folder  like    C  Program Files  x86  Jenkins jobs job name   there is a file named nextBuildNumber   Setting the build number in the file and reloading the configuration from disk  Manage Jenkins menu  will force the next build you start to have the value from the file as BUILD NUMBER

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Perhaps a combination of these plugins may come in handy    Parametrized build plugin - define some variable which holds your build number Version number plugin - use the variable to change the build number Build name setter plugin - use the variable to change the build number

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can be done with the plugin  https   wiki jenkins-ci org display JENKINS Next Build Number Plugin  more info  http   www alexlea me 2010 10 howto-set-hudson-next-build-number html  if you don t like the plugin      If you want to change build number via nextBuildNumber file you should    Reload Configuration from Disk  from  Manage Jenkins  page

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You can change build number by updating file   JENKINS HOME  jobs job name nextBuildNumber on Jenkins server    You can also install plugin Next Build Number plugin to change build number using CLI or UI

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By using environmental variables    BUILD NUMBER  4

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