ECSCM plugin

The ECSCM plugin contains the base code common to all SCM plugins. In addition, it provides the Continuous Integration (CI) checkout step procedure in CloudBees CD/RO, which you can use to perform SCM checkout using a CI configuration.

Plugin procedures

CICheckout

This procedure performs an SCM checkout using a Continuous Integration (CI) configuration.

Input

1. Go to the CICheckout procedure.

2. Enter the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
Project	The name of the project where the operation runs. The default is $[/myJob/ec_ci_projectName].
CI Configuration	The name of the CI configuration that you created. The default is $[/myJob/ec_ci_configurationName].
Preflight	If this parameter is set to True, this is a prefight checkout step. The default is $[/myJob/ec_ci_preflight].

Output

After the job runs, you can view the results on the Job Details page in CloudBees CD/RO.

In the CICheckout step, click the Log button to see the diagnostic information.

ElectricSentry

This procedure processes the Continuous Integration (CI) tasks.

Input

1. Go to the ElectricSentry procedure.

2. Click Run.

Output

After the job runs, you can view the results on the Job Details page in CloudBees CD/RO.

In the ElectricSentry step, click the Log button to see the diagnostic information.

RunMethod

This procedure runs a method in the specified SCM plugin.

Input

1. Go to the RunMethod procedure.

2. Enter the following parameters and click Run:

Parameter	Description
method	The name of the method to run. (Required)
plugin	The name of the ECSCM plugin to use, such as ECSCM-Perforce. (Required)

Output

After the job runs, you can view the results on the Job Details page in CloudBees CD/RO.

In the RunMethod step, click the Log button to see the diagnostic information.

Release notes

ECSCM 2.3.5

• Migrated to community

ECSCM 2.3.3

• The documentation has been migrated to the main documentation site.

• Fixed a bug when disabled ECSCM-SentryMonitor schedule was enabling during plugin upgrade.

ECSCM 2.3.2

• Minor bugfixes and improvements.

ECSCM 2.3.1

• Renaming to "CloudBees"

• Updated the plugin icon.

ECSCM 2.3.0

• Sentry (CI) schedules now can handle Pipelines and Releases.

• Support for WebHooks has been added.

ECSCM 2.2.12

• Fixed censoring password with *'s in git plugin

ECSCM 2.2.11

• Fixed handling of EF server errors in Sentry driver.

ECSCM 2.2.10

• Output job name in client preflight driver.

• Fixed handling of EF server errors in Sentry driver.

ECSCM 2.2.9

• Fixed a bug with HTML data representation in changelog.

ECSCM 2.2.8

• Fixed bug with corruption of binary files in preflight.

ECSCM 2.2.7

• Make UTF-8 decoding non-strict in the plugin.

ECSCM 2.2.6

• Fix the issue where the ecscm_snapshot property sheet was not created during the CICheckout procedure.

ECSCM 2.2.5

• Fix preflight for Eclipse integration.

ECSCM 2.2.4

• Add a new cleanup hook, which allows Commander perform actions on fatal errors.

ECSCM 2.2.3

• Add an option for choosing a private key in the configuration editor.

• Added new hooks in the afterRunMethod and beforeRunMethod procedures.

ECSCM-2.2.1

• Fix incorrect warnings generated by postp in the CICheckout prccedure.

ECSCM 2.2.0

• Add a way for ECSCM plugins to pass string replacements for all standard output (STDOUT) and standard error (STDERR) connections from external commands. These are usually used to mask passwords.

ECSCM 2.1.0

• Add a post-process step called Check for New Sources to get errors when external commands are running and to get warnings when triggers are skipped.

ECSCM 2.0.6

• Fix a bug in CICheckout procedure where the actual parameters that you enter were not shown on the editStep page.

ECSCM 2.0.5

• Fix a bug about determining the schedules to check when there were multiple Sentry schedules.