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Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli
Book Image

Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli

Overview of this book

Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server is a comprehensive on-premise DevOps toolset with a rich ecosystem of open source plugins. This book will help you learn how to effectively use the different Azure DevOps services. You will start by building high-quality scalable software targeting .NET, .NET Core and Node.js applications. Next, you will learn techniques that will help you to set up end-to-end traceability of your code changes, from design through to release. Whether you are deploying software on-premise or in the cloud in App Service, Functions, or Azure VMs, this book will help you learn release management techniques to reduce failures. As you progress, you will be able to secure application configuration by using Azure Key Vault. You will also understand how to create and release extensions to the Azure DevOps marketplace and reach the million-strong developer ecosystem for feedback. Later, the working extension samples will even allow you to iterate changes in your extensions easily and release updates to the marketplace quickly. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to break down the invisible silos between your software development teams, and transform them into a modern cross-functional software development team.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Configuring one build definition for all branches of a Git repository


The Git branching model and pull request workflow makes it so easy to manage the flow of code that you will get accustomed to creating a topic branch for each new item of work. Continuous Integration is table stakes for any organization looking to move into a DevOps way of working. Associating a Continuous Integration flow with every new Git topic branch you create can be cumbersome, as you'll need to create a new build definition for each Git branch.

This becomes an operational nightmare if the topic branches are short-lived. In this recipe, we'll learn how to use one build definition to build all your Git branches in a team project. 

Getting ready

You need to be a member of the build administrator group in the team project. The build administrator group gives you permissions to administer build resources. Members can manage test environments, create test runs, and manage builds.

 

Create the following Git branches in your...