Make the configuration independent from SCM

[SunBlack]

What feature do you want to see added?

I tried to simplify our Jenkinsfile from sth. like this (already simplified):

pipeline {
  agent {
    label 'built-in'
  }
  
  options {
    skipDefaultCheckout()
  }

  stages {
    stage('Build') {
      parallel {
        stage('Windows') {
          stages {
            stage('msvc2017') {
              steps {
                publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2017', status: 'IN_PROGRESS', summary: 'running')
                build job: 'msvc2017'
              }
              post {
                success {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2017', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'success', conclusion: 'SUCCESS')
                }
                failure {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2017', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'failed', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                unstable {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2017', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'unstable', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                aborted {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2017', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'canceled', conclusion: 'CANCELED')
                }
              }
            }
            stage('msvc2022') {
              when { 
                branch 'main' 
              }
              steps {
                publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2022', status: 'IN_PROGRESS', summary: 'running')
                build job: 'msvc2022'
              }
              post {
                success {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2022', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'success', conclusion: 'SUCCESS')
                }
                failure {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2022', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'failed', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                unstable {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2022', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'unstable', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                aborted {
                  publishChecks(name: 'MSVC 2022', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'canceled', conclusion: 'CANCELED')
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        stage('Linux') {
          stages {
            stage('clang') {
              when { 
                branch 'dev' 
              }
              steps {
                publishChecks(name: 'clang', status: 'IN_PROGRESS', summary: 'running')
                build job: 'clang'
              }
              post {
                success {
                  publishChecks(name: 'clang', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'success', conclusion: 'SUCCESS')
                }
                failure {
                  publishChecks(name: 'clang', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'failed', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                unstable {
                  publishChecks(name: 'clang', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'unstable', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                aborted {
                  publishChecks(name: 'clang', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'canceled', conclusion: 'CANCELED')
                }
              }
            }
            stage('gcc') {
              steps {
                publishChecks(name: 'gcc', status: 'IN_PROGRESS', summary: 'running')
                build job: 'gcc'
              }
              post {
                success {
                  publishChecks(name: 'gcc', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'success', conclusion: 'SUCCESS')
                }
                failure {
                  publishChecks(name: 'gcc', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'failed', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                unstable {
                  publishChecks(name: 'gcc', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'unstable', conclusion: 'FAILURE')
                }
                aborted {
                  publishChecks(name: 'gcc', status: 'COMPLETED', summary: 'canceled', conclusion: 'CANCELED')
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

To:

pipeline {
  agent {
    label 'built-in'
  }
  
  options {
    skipDefaultCheckout()
  }

  stages {
    stage('Build') {
      parallel {
        stage('Windows') {
          stages {
            stage('msvc2017') {
              steps {
                withChecks('MSVC 2017') {
                  build job: 'msvc2017'
                }
              }
            }
            stage('msvc2022') {
              when { 
                branch 'main' 
              }
              steps {
                withChecks('MSVC 2022') {
                  build job: 'msvc2022'
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        stage('Linux') {
          stages {
            stage('clang') {
              when { 
                branch 'dev' 
              }
              steps {
                withChecks('clang') {
                  build job: 'clang'
                }
              }
            }
            stage('gcc') {
              steps {
                withChecks('gcc') {
                  build job: 'gcc'
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

But somehow GitHub sees that the jobs are starting and even get notification in case of an error, but never a success state. So I wanted to check whether Verbose Console log could help - but this configuration depends on the checkout step, which we were skipping in our case.

So it would be nice, when there is another way to enable debug log - maybe as pipeline option (not sure whether Skip GitHub Branch Source could also be independent of the checkout).

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