Jenkins job "Recent Changes" information

[neil t1u]

Hi All,

I would like to ask how the "Changes" information are pulled from source control location.

Here is my setup. I am using Team Foundation Server plugin and use poll for change every hour. There is a Gated Build Definition configured in our TFS Server that builds the project before any developer can check-in their code to TFS. So our process is to make sure there will no compilation errors before a developer checks in a code. Every hour if there is a change we run a CI process using Jenkins to run more tests.

I found that the "changes' information like who checked-in the latest code was using a build account name, not the actual developer who checked-in the code. Here is an example:

Summary

1. Testing CI tests run

Version 123456 by builder_account: Testing CI tests run
	$/TeamProject/ProjectA/login.js

I check the changeset details via VS IDE and the change 123456 was checked-in by developerA. How come in the "changes" it listed the builder_account which is our tfs build user account? I also did a quick "tf history" command and it listed that developerA checked in that latest changeset 123456.

This behavior only shows if I have a "Gated" build setup in the TFS Server side. If I don't have a gated build definition setup, it shows the correct information in the "Changes" details.

Summary

1. Testing CI tests run

Version 123456 by developerA: Testing CI tests run
	$/TeamProject/ProjectA/login.js

Is there a way that I can retrieve the correct user if I use a Gated Build Definition? Do I need to reconfigure something in my setup?

Would appreciate for any inputs.

Neil