Caveat - It's definitely possible that I don't understand how Poll Exclude Files should work. It seems like changes that should trigger a build when Poll Exclude Files are provided are not. I currently have this in my Poll Exclude Files section (all paths are in the Client Spec):

//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.cs
//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.rc2
"//<asecondfilepath>/config/buildinfo/..."

Below is the polling log for one of my builds. I would have expected that CS 184776 would have triggered the build, however, polling reports that it is an excluded file.

Exclude file(s) found:
//<asecondfilepath>/UTandCover.fbp7
Changelist 184776 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.

I thought I had excluded all "buildinfo/..." files which are in a different subdirectory, but maybe I can't exclude files when they are in the same root dir?

Thanks

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Started on Apr 17, 2013 8:04:53 AM
Looking for changes...
Using node: <blah>
Using remote perforce client: <blah>
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" workspace -o <blah>
'Don't update client' is set. Not saving the client changes.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" counter change
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" -s changes -s submitted //<blah>/...@184734,@184829
Latest submitted change selected by workspace is 184807
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184807
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" -G where //...
Exclude file(s) found:
//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.rc2
Changelist 184807 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184806
Exclude file(s) found:
//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.cs
Changelist 184806 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184776
Exclude file(s) found:
//<asecondfilepath>/UTandCover.fbp7
Changelist 184776 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184754
Exclude file(s) found:
//<asecondfilepath>/config/buildinfo/Item3.17.0.0.buildinfo
Changelist 184754 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184751
Exclude file(s) found:
//<asecondfilepath>/config/buildinfo/Item2.17.0.0.buildinfo
Changelist 184751 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184748
Exclude file(s) found:
//<asecondfilepath>/config/buildinfo/Item1.17.0.0.buildinfo
Changelist 184748 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184746
Exclude file(s) found:
//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.rc2
Changelist 184746 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
[jenkins] $ "C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4.exe" describe -s 184745
Exclude file(s) found:
//<afilepath>/VersionInfo.cs
Changelist 184745 is composed of file(s) and/or user(s) that are excluded.
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