In the previous recipe, we created a custom service connection to connect to GitLab. However, service connections on their own are not useful unless they are used to connect to a third-party service in the pipeline task. In this recipe, we will create a custom pipeline task to download the source code from GitLab using the custom service connection we created in the preceding section. We will also extend the manifest file created and add a few additional data sources so that they can be used in the task to show available repositories (projects), branches, and so on:
In this recipe, we will do the following:
- Install dependencies
- Add
task.json - Use a custom service connection for GitLab as input
- Allow users to select a repository and branch using data sources and bindings
- Write a script to download the source from GitLab
- All the files used in this task are in the code bundle
By the end of this recipe, the extension will allow...