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Asked: 2026-05-13T07:11:16+00:00

I have the following project layout: WAR Project A Upstream Projects Dependency B Dependency

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I have the following project layout:

  • WAR Project A
    • Upstream Projects
      • Dependency B
      • Dependency C
      • Dependency D

I’m looking to setup A so that every time I want to trigger a build, it will first build B, C, and D. If either builds for B, C, or D fail then A’s build should fail as well.

It seems like a common build case, but I’m not sure how to accomplish it. There are the following options but they don’t seem to have the right relationship:

  • Build Triggers – Build after other projects are built
    • Will build the current project after some upstream projects, but I need to control the build from this project since I’m doing a WAR deployment. I just want to always build dependencies first.
  • Post-build Actions – Build other projects
    • Will build projects after this one, but that’s backwards for what I want to do.

Is there a build configuration in Hudson (or through a plugin) that will work for me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This came up on the Hudson mailing list very recently. There is no direct support for this type of build configuration in Hudson.

    See this thread:
    http://jenkins.361315.n4.nabble.com/On-demand-build-dependency-handling-simple-2-job-build-td624395.html

    You could use the Join plugin to create a ‘build+deploy’ job. It would have B,C and D as downstream projects, and then ‘A’ would become the join target.

    Thus B C and D would need to complete successfully. If so, then the plain ‘deploy’ job of A would be launched. If there were any error, A would not launch. This is effectively the same as what you are asking for.

    You can read about the join plugin here:
    http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Join+Plugin

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