Menu
In both it takes cron expression as input, so what's the actual difference between these two.
718
"Poll SCM" polls the SCM periodically for checking if any changes/ new commits were made and shall build the project if any new commits were pushed since the last build, whereas the "build" shall build the project periodically irrespective to whether or not any changes were made.
This option instructs Jenkins to obtain your Pipeline from Source Control Management (SCM), which will be your locally cloned Git repository.
Summary: A number of people work together to develop a software application. The application is useful only when the components each person works on come together: the process of integration.
Poll SCM periodically polls the SCM to check whether changes were made (i.e. new commits) and builds the project if new commits where pushed since the last build, whereas build periodically builds the project periodically even if nothing has changed.
146
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
