This enables the ability to use GitHub web hook to trigger the build job. I also selected “Poll SCM” option from Build Triggers section without specifying the interval. I created a new freestyle project, selected Git from the source code management section and provided URL to my repository. I used web hooks in GitHub to trigger the build after every commit to the repository. So, first thing to do was to install Git plugin for Jenkins. I like to keep my LaTeX sources in Git repository for proper version control. This means the task can be automated with Jenkins. With right packages installed, LaTeX can be done in Linux command line.

Advantage of this is that I can provide my supervisors single URL which always points to the latest of the thesis. After that the system would automatically compile Latex to pdf and publish the pdf file to the webserver automatically. At the start of my project, I wanted to come up with a solution where I can locally edit LaTeX files with Texmaker and at the end of a writing session push the changes to Git repository. Luckily, the end is near and my thesis is finished soon. Writing my master’s thesis has been one of my main projects since September last year.

How to compile latex file to pdf