= Multibranch Inline Pipeline Definition Plugin
This plugin allows defining a central Jenkins Pipeline for all jobs in a multibranch pipeline or even organization folder.
== Configuration
The plugin adds:
- A Project recognizer for organization folders called Common pipeline definition for markerfile
- A Mode for multibranch pipelines called Common pipeline definition for markerfile
Both have the same options:
- A Markerfile that needs to be present in the repository for a project to be created for the branch in Jenkins.
A common example in the Jenkins project would be thepom.xmlfile indicating a Maven project. - The only other option is a text field for a Pipeline DSL Script.
NOTE: A common way to version-control the Pipeline DSL here is to have it be a one-liner that calls a function defined in a shared library.
== Differences from Pipeline Multibranch Defaults Plugin
This plugin was initially developed for internal use by the https://jenkins.io/security/[Jenkins security team] while Pipeline Multibranch Defaults Plugin only existed in its https://github.com/jenkinsci/pipeline-multibranch-defaults-plugin#warnings[flawed 1.x implementation].
While this plugin was released only much later, when version 2.0 of Pipeline Multibranch Defaults Plugin existed, it still has a few minor benefits compared to that plugin:
- No legacy code supporting the flawed 1.x implementation (as of version 2.1 of that plugin)
- No dependency on Config File Provider Plugin