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[JENKINS-1307] Display a warning message when archiving entire workspace #24112
Description
When "Archive the artifacts" is checked and the last item from the "Files to
archive" field is removed, Hudson follows the standard ant 'include' format of
everything. I.e. the entire workspace.
Hudson should display a warning message in the job configuration page when the
entire workspace is going to be archived, since although this is correct ant
include behavior it is unlikely to be desired for large workspaces.
Time and or content reporting of what is being archived in the Hudson log might
also be nice, but that's a separate RFE
Originally reported by jmmckinnon, imported from: Display a warning message when archiving entire workspace
- status: Closed
- priority: Major
- component(s): other
- resolution: Fixed
- resolved: 2008-02-27T18:38:59+00:00
- votes: 0
- watchers: 0
- imported: 2025-12-08
Raw content of original issue
When "Archive the artifacts" is checked and the last item from the "Files to archive" field is removed, Hudson follows the standard ant 'include' format of everything. I.e. the entire workspace.
Hudson should display a warning message in the job configuration page when the entire workspace is going to be archived, since although this is correct ant include behavior it is unlikely to be desired for large workspaces.
Time and or content reporting of what is being archived in the Hudson log might also be nice, but that's a separate RFE
- environment:
Platform: All, OS: Windows XP
Activity
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Feb 19, 2008
redsolo:
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I suggest that the warning message should be black/bold and perhaps a little
warning icon next to the text similar to the warning messages displayed in Eclipse.
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Feb 27, 2008
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I'd rather suggest we reject it as a configuration error. If someone really do
insist on archiving the entire workspace, s/he should use "*/" (which we could
suggest in the error message.)
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Feb 27, 2008
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Fixed in 1.186.
So far, I didn't add the form validation for this, as every configuration starts
by empty value in this field, and I thought it'd be annoying if an error shows
up by default.
But OTOH, maybe I'm already doing this pattern elsewhere in Hudson...
Feel free to reopen if people feel that we should do this in the form validation
too.