a sample post-receive hook that implements automatic branch building

gistfile1.txt

# hook setup
read oldrev newrev refname
job="MyJenkinsJob"
jenkins_url="http://jenkins/job"
jenkins_token="seeeeekrit"

# what branch are we building?
regex='refs/heads/(.*)'
if [[ $refname =~ $regex ]]; then
    target_branch="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
fi

# define autobuild_enabled somewhere else
if [[ $autobuild_enabled ]] ; then
	function trigger_build {
		echo "Automatically scheduling new build against origin/$target_branch: $jenkins_url/$job"
		wget -q -O - "$jenkins_url/$job/buildWithParameters?token=$jenkins_token&BRANCH=$target_branch" > /dev/null
	}

	case "$change_type" in
		create)
			if expr "$newrev" : '0*$' >/dev/null; then
				echo "$refname is newly created, so not triggering a build."
			else
				trigger_build
			fi
			;;
		update)
			trigger_build
			;;
		delete)
			echo "$refname is being deleted, so not triggering a build."
			;;
	esac
fi