Build history

The final tab, called History, shows you a list of every change that has been made to the build definition. Build definitions are stored in JSON format and you can pull up side-by-side comparisons for every change. The comment that you put in when saving a build is also stored here and can be used to provide the rationale for a change.

Since builds are an important means of preserving quality, it is important to keep track of who has changed them to ensure that automated quality metrics are not removed.

With this, you are now ready to run your first build. You can directly run it using the Save & Queue button that is visible in most of the screenshots in this section. The Running a build section of this chapter will teach you how to work with the results that you obtain.