[Buildbot-devel] triggering builds based on git tags

[Charles Lepple]

On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Jason Edgecombe wrote:

> I would like to trigger special build scripts when a tag is created in
> git. This would be to produce a published release. The releases would
> use special slaves.
>
> How might I accompilsh the automatic triggering of special builds  
> when a
> new git tag is created?

I don't know if the GitPoller looks for tags, but there's always the  
notion of writing an "update" hook script (in the Git repository) that  
runs "buildbot sendchange" when it sees a new tag.