Trigger build only on pushes to master

Question

I am using Jenkins with the Github Plugin I have integrated it using GitHub's webhooks and it works like a charm, except that builds get triggered everytime something is pushed to the repository.

Is there a way to limit builds only when a change to the remote branch master has been made?

Answer 1

Action Plan

• Open the Jenkins job Configuration
• Go to the section Source Code Managment
• In the Git section
  • For the field Branches to build add the value */master

This tells this Jenkins Job, to only execute the job, when something is pushed to the branch master.

Figure: Shows the configuration, for building only branch master.