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Sebastian
Sebastian

Reputation: 569

TFS Build Definitions: Use complex patterns in branch filter for triggering build

In TFS it is possible to set the trigger of a build definition to a specific branch (e.g. master). It is also possible to use patterns like so features/* in order to execute the build whenever there was a push to a branch underneath features/.

This already worked for me. In my use case now I want to trigger the build whenever there was a push to a branch with a specific version number in it.

E.g. Bugs/BUG1234/BUG1234_v1.2

I already tried things like **/*_v1.2, but it didn't work. Did I miss something, or is it just not possible?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 620

Answers (1)

Andy Li-MSFT
Andy Li-MSFT

Reputation: 30392

It's not possible for now, CI filter does not support such complex patterns. Please see Continuous integration (CI)-Filters for details.

As a workaround you can add multiple filters with the paths wich include the specific version number in it.

E.g.:

  • Include Bugs/BUG1234/BUG1234_v1.2
  • Include Bugs/BUG5678/BUG5678_v1.2
  • Include Bugs/BUG910/BUG910_v1.2

However the requirement makes sense, I have submitted a user voice here for you to suggest the feature. You can go and vote it up to push the Dev team to achieve that in future.

Upvotes: 4

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