Jenky!

Run your jenkins jobs from your terminal! See build log streams in real time. Stop hanging builds on command!

Install

npm i && npm ln

Copy .env.example to the repo/folder containing your Jenkinsfile. Rename it .env. Fill in the values of your .env file for your particular job and user.

Calling Jenky

Commit your pipeline code and push it to your remote branch.

Then call jenky from the directory of your jenkins pipeline.

jenky

Terminate Stalled builds

Sometimes builds wont stop. The log stream will continue to wait for a done signal from Jenkins. You can send a stop build signal via Jenky. In a separate terminal, in your pipeline directory:

jenky --stop

Build Parameters

jenky -p myParam1=myVal1 -p myParam2=myVal2

Quickly checking in code

I like to modify my pipeline locally in my editor, commit my changes, and call jenky all in one script. Here's a script you can add to your path and call in a one liner.

saved to: ~/.local/bin/quick-check-in

#!/usr/bin/env bash
previous_commit=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)
if [[ $previous_commit == 'push' ]]; then
    git add -A
    git commit --amend -m 'push'
    git push -f
    exit
fi

echo "Error: previous commit message not 'push', to use this \
function make a commit with message 'push'"

One liner to checkin code and start the build:

quick-check-in && node ../jenky/index.js