Trying to make the match a String

Author: ckittl

Jenkinsfile

@@ -616,12 +616,7 @@ def resolveBranchNo(String featureBranchPRMinusNo) {
 }
 
 def resolveBranchName(String featureBranchPRMinusNo, String orgName, String repoName) {
-    // get pull request number
-    def branchNoMatcher = featureBranchPRMinusNo =~ /PR-(.*)/
-    assert branchNoMatcher.find()
-
-    String prNo = branchNoMatcher[0][1]
-    log("i", "PR number: " + prNo + " of class " + prNo.getClass())
+    def prNo = extractPrNumber(featureBranchPRMinusNo)
 
     // curl the repo based on the feature branch no to get the branch information
     /// Note: only works for public repos! Otherwise credentials needs to be passed
@@ -633,6 +628,16 @@ def resolveBranchName(String featureBranchPRMinusNo, String orgName, String repo
     return branchName
 }
 
+def extractPrNumber(String featureBranchPRMinusNo) {
+    // get pull request number
+    def branchNoMatcher = featureBranchPRMinusNo =~ /PR-(.*)/
+    assert branchNoMatcher.find()
+
+    String prNo = branchNoMatcher[0][1]
+    log("i", "PR number: " + prNo + " of class " + prNo.getClass())
+    return prNo
+}
+
 def curlByPR(String prId, String orgName, String repoName) {
     def curlUrl = "set +x && curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/" + orgName + "/" + repoName + "/pulls/" + prId
     String jsonResponseString = sh(script: curlUrl, returnStdout: true)