4 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/jjb/xci/xci-run-functest.sh b/jjb/xci/xci-run-functest.sh
index 7c639b75b..9a235940e 100755
--- a/jjb/xci/xci-run-functest.sh
+++ b/jjb/xci/xci-run-functest.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ fi
 # if the change is coming to releng-xci, we don't need to do anything since the patch is checked
 # out to the WORKSPACE anyways
 if [[ $GERRIT_PROJECT != "releng-xci" ]]; then
-    /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
-    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE
+    cd $HOME && /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
+    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE && cd $WORKSPACE
 fi
 
 # skip the deployment if the scenario is not supported on this distro
diff --git a/jjb/xci/xci-set-scenario.sh b/jjb/xci/xci-set-scenario.sh
index 3b3a0cfab..1bd6fd0c5 100755
--- a/jjb/xci/xci-set-scenario.sh
+++ b/jjb/xci/xci-set-scenario.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ fi
 # if the change is coming to releng-xci, we don't need to do anything since the patch is checked
 # out to the WORKSPACE anyways
 if [[ $GERRIT_PROJECT != "releng-xci" ]]; then
-    /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
-    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE
+    cd $HOME && /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
+    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE && cd $WORKSPACE
 fi
 
 WORK_DIRECTORY=/tmp/$GERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER/$DISTRO
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/$GERRIT_PROJECT $WORK_DIRECTORY/$GERRIT_PROJECT
 cd $WORK_DIRECTORY/$GERRIT_PROJECT
 git fetch https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/$GERRIT_PROJECT $GERRIT_REFSPEC && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
-DEPLOY_SCENARIO=$(git diff HEAD^..HEAD --name-only | grep scenarios | sed -r 's/scenarios\/(.*?)\/role.*/\1/' | uniq)
+DEPLOY_SCENARIO=$(git diff HEAD^..HEAD --name-only | grep scenarios | sed -r 's/scenarios\/(.*?)\/.*/\1/' | uniq)
 
 # ensure single scenario is impacted
 if [[ $(echo $DEPLOY_SCENARIO | wc -w) != 1 ]]; then
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if [[ $(echo $DEPLOY_SCENARIO | wc -w) != 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # save the scenario name into java properties file to be injected to downstream jobs via envInject
-echo "Recording scenario name for downstream jobs"
+echo "Recording scenario name '$DEPLOY_SCENARIO' for downstream jobs"
 echo "DEPLOY_SCENARIO=$DEPLOY_SCENARIO" > $WORK_DIRECTORY/scenario.properties
 
 # skip the deployment if the scenario is not supported on this distro
diff --git a/jjb/xci/xci-start-deployment.sh b/jjb/xci/xci-start-deployment.sh
index e86f5b3a1..1dc3fa405 100755
--- a/jjb/xci/xci-start-deployment.sh
+++ b/jjb/xci/xci-start-deployment.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ if [[ "$GERRIT_TOPIC" =~ skip-verify|skip-deployment ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+# if the scenario is external, we need to wipe WORKSPACE to place releng-xci there since
+# the project where the scenario is coming from is cloned and the patch checked out to the
+# xci/scenarios/$DEPLOY_SCENARIO to be synched on clean VM
+# apart from that, we need releng-xci stuff in WORKSPACE for things to function correctly on Jenkins.
+# if the change is coming to releng-xci, we don't need to do anything since the patch is checked
+# out to the WORKSPACE anyways
+if [[ $GERRIT_PROJECT != "releng-xci" ]]; then
+    cd $HOME && /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
+    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE && cd $WORKSPACE
+fi
+
 # skip the deployment if the scenario is not supported on this distro
 OPNFV_SCENARIO_REQUIREMENTS=$WORKSPACE/xci/opnfv-scenario-requirements.yml
 if ! sed -n "/^- scenario: $DEPLOY_SCENARIO$/,/^$/p" $OPNFV_SCENARIO_REQUIREMENTS | grep -q $DISTRO; then
diff --git a/jjb/xci/xci-start-new-vm.sh b/jjb/xci/xci-start-new-vm.sh
index 3cec4b3d2..7db7d863e 100755
--- a/jjb/xci/xci-start-new-vm.sh
+++ b/jjb/xci/xci-start-new-vm.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ fi
 # if the change is coming to releng-xci, we don't need to do anything since the patch is checked
 # out to the WORKSPACE anyways
 if [[ $GERRIT_PROJECT != "releng-xci" ]]; then
-    /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
-    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE
+    cd $HOME && /bin/rm -rf $WORKSPACE
+    git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/releng-xci $WORKSPACE && cd $WORKSPACE
 fi
 
 # skip the deployment if the scenario is not supported on this distro