Build Not Kicked off on Branch Creations

[bassrock]

Builds are not getting kicked off for me on branch creations. Is this just me? Subsequent pushes work but not pushes on creation.

[marciobueno1]

I am experiencing the same problem, but in my case subsequent pushes are not working.
After the push of a new branch, I need to go to Jenkins and add the new branch on the project settings (Filter Branches section), and only then, subsequent pushes work.

[jchristi]

I am experiencing similar issues though I can't identify exactly how consistent it is. Subsequent pushes never seem to work and initial pushes work "some of the time".

[xaniasd]

By default, the filter is bypassed (meaning that all branches are automatically white-listed). If the user selects some branches (in the Filter Branches section), then the filter will be applied. New branches are then by default excluded from the white-list and thus filtered out. This explains the behavior in the case of @marciobueno1

Concerning the original problem, GitLab apparently does not see pushing new branches as a normal Push Event so it doesn't trigger the job as it should (I see a trigger with an empty JSON payload).

[marciobueno1]

@xaniasd, in my case I didn't select any branches. But, when I clicked Configure again, then all the braches from the repository were selected. Maybe, it should have a checkbox to activate the filter, or could have an option like "All Branches" in the Combo Box to avoid this problem.

[bassrock]

@marciobueno1 please create a separate issue for that.