Bamboo vcs tagging problem / question

[lance_lyons]

We have a SVN repo that has a precommit hook to force a message on commits.

When we are setting up the VCS tagging task, we get errors because the Bamboo task doesnt supply a message. The error message is below.

Is there a way to have bamboo add the message? What is the recommend solution in this scenario.

com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskException: Exception when tagging repository
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsTaggingTask.execute(VcsTaggingTask.java:57)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.executeTasks(TaskExecutorImpl.java:183)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.execute(TaskExecutorImpl.java:91)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.pipeline.tasks.ExecuteBuildTask.call(ExecuteBuildTask.java:84)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent.build(DefaultBuildAgent.java:204)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.BuildAgentControllerImpl.waitAndPerformBuild(BuildAgentControllerImpl.java:103)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent$1.run(DefaultBuildAgent.java:109)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.pipeline.concurrent.NamedThreadFactory$2.run(NamedThreadFactory.java:50)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Error while creating tag
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.createTag(SvnRepository.java:1793)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsTaggingTask.execute(VcsTaggingTask.java:52)
	... 8 more
Caused by: org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output:
    
***************************************************************************** 
Your commit has been blocked because you didn't give any log message  
   
Please write a log message describing the purpose of your changes.    
   
Important: Please add the issue identifier (ie, PS-15, OPS-15) in upper case 
then try committing again. 
 
        -- Thank you, Onlife Health Configuration Management Team   
*****************************************************************************  

	at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:64)
	at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:51)
	at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNCopyDriver.copyReposToRepos(SVNCopyDriver.java:380)
	at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNCopyDriver.setupCopy(SVNCopyDriver.java:629)
	at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNCopyClient.doCopy(SVNCopyClient.java:426)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.copyRepository(SvnRepository.java:1751)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.createTag(SvnRepository.java:1789)
	... 9 more

[John Mulanthara]

Please add the below code and  skip  all validations if the build is from bamboo. It worked for me. 

AUTHOR=`$SVNLOOK author "$REPOS"`
if [ "$AUTHOR" = "xxxxxxxxxx" ]; then

exit 0
fi

[Sultan Maiyaki]

Hi Guys,

There is actually an improvement request to make the VCS tagging more configurable with the commit message. You can watch the request at https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-10658

[Gretchen Jones]

Sure, pass a message with the commit.

Not knowing exactly how your subversion commit is being created (are you using a plugin or just tagging from the command line) you can add a -m "my checkin message to satisfy the Onlife Health Configuration Management Team"

as an argument to whatever command you are using to generate the commit action.

I do most of my svn activity using scripts but I suspect you can add the -m "your message here" string on the argument line of whatever subversion action you're committing. (tagging, branching, etc.)

[patrick feenstra]

Hi got the same problem, but the -m does not work for me

I am using the VCS Branching plugin with SubVersion as repository

and in the Display Name field I've added: AppName_1.1.x -m "Branch created by Bamboo"

but it failds with error:

14-Mar-2013 08:05:31 Caused by: org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: Commit failed (details follow): 14-Mar-2013 08:05:31 svn: Commit blocked by WANdisco pre-replication pre-commit trigger (exit code 1) with error: Please enter a commit message which details what has changed during this commit. 14-Mar-2013 08:05:31 svn: MERGE of '/repos/test/BambooTest/branches': 409 Conflict (http://svnglobal.xxx.xxxxx.com)

anyone?