Is it possible to design conditionally executed tasks in Bamboo?

Question

For example, by branch name you might want to execute different tasks (regress testing in release branches instead of massive integration tests for example).

Is there a mechanism to do that in Bamboo's UI?

Answer 1

I don't know if there is some GUI way to do this

I am triggering the same plan in different ways from a REST request by using a variable

To do this

1. define a variable in the plan configuration variables ie myvariable
2. in the REST request set bamboo.variable.myvariable to the value required ie "1" or "2"
3. in the plan stage add a task of script and use the variable as $bamboo_myvariable for instance

if [ "$bamboo_myvariable" == "1" ]; then # stuff to do variation 1 fi if [ "$bamboo_myvariable" == "2" ]; then # suff to do variation 2 fi

If you want to alter behaviour by branch there are variables such as "bamboo_planRepository_1_branch" which are available by default and could be used ina similar way

Answer 2

Atlassian Labs have now provided this functionality as an add-on: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219706/conditional-tasks-for-bamboo?hosting=server&tab=overview

Only available for versions 6.7.1+

Update:

This add-on is only supported up to Bamboo 7.0.6 and conditional tasks are a standard feature in Bamboo 7.1+

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-7-1-release-notes-1013854809.html