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Ross
Ross

Reputation: 2417

Azure Build Pipeline Bash Script now setting build variable properly

I have a Bash script in my build pipeline that will set some build variables depending on which branch triggered The build. However when I try to echo these variables in another bash script some of them don't echo.

Set Environment Variables:

if [[ $(Build.SourceBranchName) == 'develop' ]]; then
  echo $TagVersion
  echo $(Build.BuildId)

    echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=AppVersion;]$TagVersion'
    echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=ChangeSet;]$(Build.BuildId)'
    echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=Environment;]DEVTEST'
    echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=BuildConfig;]Debug'

fi

This has a output of:

v1.4.0 
7090

Set Version:

echo $(AppVersion)
echo $(ChangeSet)
echo $(Environment)
echo $(BuildConfig)

This outputs 

7090
DEVTEST
Debug

Why is the AppVersion now writing to the console?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 451

Answers (1)

Giulio Vian
Giulio Vian

Reputation: 8343

The $() syntax is evaluated by the Agent before bash sees it, while the $var is evaluated by bash. This is why ChangeSet is correctly assigned.

The echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=AppVersion;]$TagVersion' command uses a single quote (') which stops bash from interpreting the content. To expand the variable use a double quote ("), that is echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AppVersion;]$TagVersion"

Upvotes: 1

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