Selective builds

The Selective Builds setting provides change detection for your builds. Enabling it allows you to only trigger a build of an app if certain files or folders have been modified.

You may want to use this setting if:

You have multiple apps in a single repository.
Multiple apps share common files in your repository.

Selective Builds with non-Github projects

The current version of our Selective Builds feature only works with GitHub projects. If your repository is hosted by another Git hosting service, the option will not be available.

The appropriate Service credential user must be set on your app’s Team page. This user must have an admin right for the GitHub repository of the project. Read more about setting up the Service credential user.

Click on your app on your Dashboard.
Click Settings in the top navigation bar.
Find the ENABLE SELECTIVE BUILDS option and toggle the switch on the right.
Add filenames and file paths in the ADD FILENAME/PATH window. You can add multiple files or file paths here. A build will be triggered only if these files are changed.

You can trigger and abort builds with the Bitrise API. Define parameters for the build: for example, branch, tag or git commit to use. Custom environment variables can be defined...

Both incoming and outgoing webhooks can be set up with the Bitrise API. They are important for automatic build triggering and the reporting of build events to other services.

You can schedule your builds to run automatically at a specific time of the week so that you can check your logs when it's most convenient for you.

Environment Variables (Env Vars) consist of a key and a value, as well as optional attributes. They can be defined on the level of apps, Workflows or Steps.