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burgoyne
burgoyne

Reputation: 163

Azure Release Pipeline - Variable for 'Triggered' Branch Name

So I have been working off of master for a while, and just recently added a 'release' branch that I will be working off of from now on.

In my Release Pipeline I have a PowerShell script that sets a custom variable using predefined variables. 

$branchName = $Env:BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME
$buildNumber = $Env:BUILD_BUILDNUMBER
$release = $branchName + "." + $buildNumber.ToString()

$pipeline.variables.NameVar.value = $release

If I push code to my release branch, this script will run at the end of my pipeline, and the variable should be changed to release.xxxx, but it is changed to master.xxxx.

Is there a reason the build variable build.sourcebranchname does not return my release branch name, and instead returns master? The build.buildnumber variable returns the correct value.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1578

Answers (2)

burgoyne
burgoyne

Reputation: 163

So I figured out my issue. After adding the new release branch, I needed to edit my build pipeline to setup multiple branches. Basically following this doc from Microsoft.

Adding release/* as a branch filter allowed the build pipeline to build on the release branch, and not just the master branch. From that point on, when I used the build variables in my release pipeline, they all returned the proper value.

Upvotes: 0

Cece Dong - MSFT
Cece Dong - MSFT

Reputation: 31003

Try to go to Get sources and check whether you select the correct branch.

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I've tested your script and it returned expected result:

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Upvotes: 1

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