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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

Git branching model for continuous delivery 


The purpose of writing code is to ship enhancements to your software. A branching model that introduces too much process overhead does not help in increasing the speed with which you can get changes out to customers. It is therefore important to come up with a branching model that gives you enough padding to not ship poor-quality changes but at the same time not introduce too many processes to slow you down. The internet is full of branching strategies for Git; while there is no right or wrong, a perfect branching strategy is one that works for your team! In this recipe, we'll learn how to use a combination of feature branches and pull requests to always have a ready-to-ship master branch and how to sync bug fixes fixed in fix of fail branches back into master to avoid regression.

 

Getting ready

Let's cover the principles of what is being proposed:

  • The master branch:
    • The master branch is the only way to release anything to production.
    • The master branch...