User regex filter not matching as expected

[Former user]

We're trying to stop pushed commits from our Jenkins CI pipeline via a user name. For example, if a user is named "jenkins", we do not want the build to trigger. We have tried various reg-ex's in the http request hook, but the build is triggered either way, on a match or no match. For example, ^(jenkins)$ triggers on a match or no-match, or ^(?!jenkins).*$ triggers a build on a motah or no match.

[Alexander Renteln]

Hi,

thanks for your feedback.

I just tried to reproduce it. The following works fine with me:

^(?!jenkins).*$

One thing that could be an issue is, that the matcher uses the user-slug (a unique URL-friendly variant of the user name).

The code looks like this:

String userSlug = authenticationContext.getCurrentUser().getSlug();

and

boolean matchesUserFilter = userSlug.matches(userFilter);

Let me know, if you found the issue? I'm planning to add some kind of UI to test the filters without always having to push stuff.

Best, Alex

[Alexander Renteln]

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