I have a very simple Yaml code, I am trying to use and it is causing me so much pain but I cannot see an error besides the one i am getting at the end
error: pathspec 'main' did not match any file(s) known to git
[detached HEAD d1f4c36] Work now
Here is the code :
stages:
- stage : Build
jobs:
- job:
displayName: "Build Ripple 3 dataverse Solution"
pool :
vmImage: 'windows-2019'
variables:
- group: "Ripple 3 Core"
steps:
- task: PowerPlatformToolInstaller#2
inputs:
DefaultVersion: true
displayName : "Power Platform Tool Installer"
- task: PowerPlatformExportSolution#2
inputs:
authenticationType: 'PowerPlatformSPN'
PowerPlatformSPN: 'Service Connection'
SolutionName: '$(PowerPlatformSolution)'
SolutionOutputFile: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\$(PowerPlatformSolution).zip'
- task: PowerPlatformUnpackSolution#2
inputs:
SolutionInputFile: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\Ripple3Core.zip'
SolutionTargetFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\$(PowerPlatformSolution)_unmanaged'
- script: |
git config user.email "xx#xx.com"
git config user.name "Automatic Build"
git checkout main
git add --all
git commit -m "Work now"
git push origin main
Try
git checkout "main"
Also, it may be necessary to checkout before exporting solution :
https://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=22/40/z330.png
It is also possible to use Publish artifacts component :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/artifacts/pipeline-artifacts?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml
Git is telling you that it does not recognize 'main' as branch nor file. The branches only exist on remote repository unless you checked them out already.
Instead of
git checkout main # there is no local branch called main
Try
git checkout origin/main
Try adding git fetch before your checkout.
git fetch
git checkout main
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I have a azure devops pipeline which checkout a github repo , i also want to have a bash task to checkout another repo and modify it , check it back in .
git clone https://$(githubApiKey)#mygithub.private.com/myrepo/ops-one-code.git
Error message:
fatal: could not read Password for 'https://***#mygithub.private.com':
terminal prompts disabled
Did you generate personal access token on GitHub?
Just create new token from the below page with needed scopes:
settings > developer settings > personal access tokens > generate new
token
Then use git clone command like below:
git clone https://auth-token-goes-here#mygithub.private.com/myrepo/ops-one-code.git
You can accomplish your requested task using two powershell tasks:
Task to checkout a Github repository:
- task: PowerShell#2
displayName: Checkout Repo
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: |
git config user.email "user.email"
git config user.name "user.name"
Remove-Item s1 -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
git clone https://username:$(PAT)#github.com/org/repo.git s1
cd s1
git checkout main
workingDirectory: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
Task to push back on the Github repository
- task: PowerShell#2
displayName: Push git changes
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: |
git config user.email "user.email"
git config user.name "user.name"
git add --all
git commit -m "message"
git push https://username:$(PAT)#github.com/org/repo.git s1
workingDirectory: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/s1'
Problem was the azure variable was a secret and it didn’t work with it hence it prompted for the password
My repository in my organisation's devops project contains a lot of .net solutions and some unity projects as well. When I run my build pipeline, it fails due to several of these:
Error MSB3491: Could not write lines to file "obj\Release\path\to\file". There is not enough space on the disk.
I would like the pipeline to only checkout and fetch parts of the repository that are required for a successful build. This might also help with execution time of the pipeline since it currently also fetches the whole of my unity projects with gigabytes of resources which takes forever.
I would like to spread my projects across multiple repositories but the admin won't give me more than the one I already have. It got a lot better when I configured git fetch as shallow (--depth=1) but I still get the error every now and then.
This is how I configured the checkout:
steps:
- checkout: self
clean: true
# shallow fetch
fetchDepth: 1
lfs: false
submodules: false
The build is done using VSBuild#1 task.
I can't find a valid solution to my problem except for using multiple repositories, which is not an option right now.
Edit: Shayki Abramczyk's solution #1 works perfectly. Here is my full implementation.
GitSparseCheckout.yml:
parameters:
access: ''
repository: ''
sourcePath: ''
steps:
- checkout: none
- task: CmdLine#2
inputs:
script: |
ECHO ##[command] git init
git init
ECHO ##[command] git sparse-checkout: ${{ parameters.sourcePath }}
git config core.sparsecheckout true
echo ${{ parameters.sourcePath }} >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
ECHO ##[command] git remote add origin https://${{ parameters.repository }}
git remote add origin https://${{ parameters.access }}#${{ parameters.repository }}
ECHO ##[command] git fetch --progress --verbose --depth=1 origin master
git fetch --progress --verbose --depth=1 origin master
ECHO ##[command] git pull --progress --verbose origin master
git pull --progress --verbose origin master
Checkout is called like this (where template path has to be adjusted):
- template: ../steps/GitSparseCheckout.yml
parameters:
access: anything:<YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>
repository: dev.azure.com/organisation/project/_git/repository
sourcePath: path/to/files/
In Azure DevOps you don't have option to get only part of the repository, but there is a workaround:
Disable the "Get sources" step and get only the source you want by manually executing the according git commands in a script.
To disable the default "Get Sources" just specify none in the checkout statement:
- checkout: none
In the pipeline add a CMD/PowerShell task to get the sources manually with one of the following 2 options:
1. Get only part of the repo with git sparse-checkout.
For example, get only the directories src_1 and src_2 within the test folder (lines starting with REM ### are just the usual batch comments):
- script: |
REM ### this will create a 'root' directory for your repo and cd into it
mkdir myRepo
cd myRepo
REM ### initialize Git in the current directory
git init
REM ### set Git sparsecheckout to TRUE
git config core.sparsecheckout true
REM ### write the directories that you want to pull to the .git/info/sparse-checkout file (without the root directory)
REM ### you can add multiple directories with multiple lines
echo test/src_1/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
echo test/src_2/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
REM ### fetch the remote repo using your access token
git remote add -f origin https://your.access.token#path.to.your/repo
REM ### pull the files from the source branch of this build, using the build-in Azure DevOps variable for the branch name
git pull origin $(Build.SourceBranch)
displayName: 'Get only test/src_1 & test/src_2 directories instead of entire repository'
Now in the builds task make myRepo the working directory.
Fetching the remote repo using an access token is necessary, since using checkout: none will prevent your login credentials from being used.
In the end of the pipeline you may want to add step to clean the myRepo directory.
2. Get parts of the repo with Azure DevOps Rest API (Git - Items - Get Items Batch).
The other answers work well but I found a different way using potentially newer features of git.
This will fetch to a depth of 1 and show all the files in the root folder plus folder1, folder2 and folder3
- task: CmdLine#2
inputs:
script: |
git init
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout set folder1 folder2 folder3
git remote add origin https://<github-username>:%GITHUB_TOKEN%#<your-git-repo>
git fetch --progress --verbose --depth=1 origin
git switch develop
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: $(GITHUB_TOKEN)
Maybe it is helpful for you to check out only a specific branch. This works by:
resources:
repositories:
- repository: MyGitHubRepo
type: github
endpoint: MyGitHubServiceConnection
name: MyGitHubOrgOrUser/MyGitHubRepo
ref: features/tools
steps:
- checkout: MyGitHubRepo
Or by using the inline syntax like so
- checkout: git://MyProject/MyRepo#features/tools # checks out the features/tools branch
- checkout: git://MyProject/MyRepo#refs/heads/features/tools # also checks out the features/tools branch
- checkout: git://MyProject/MyRepo#refs/tags/MyTag # checks out the commit referenced by MyTag.
More information can be found here
A Solution For Pull Request and Master Support
I realized after posting this solution it is similar to the updated one on the post. However this solution is a bit more rich and optimized. But most importantly this solution uses the pull request merge branch in Dev Ops for the deployments like the native checkouts do. It also fetches only the needed commits.
Supports multiple folder/path patterns as parameters
Minimal checkout with the bare minimum needed via sparse checkout
Shallow depth, multithreaded fetch, with a sparse index.
It takes into account using the PR merge branch against main rather than the raw PR branch itself if needed.
Uses native System Token already in pipeline
Handles detection and alternative ref flows for master where a merge branch does not exist.
Example Use in your Script:
- job: JobNameHere
displayName: JobDisplayName Here
steps:
- template: templates/sparse-checkout.yml
parameters:
checkoutFolders:
- /Scripts
- /example-file.ps1
# other steps
templates/sparse-checkout.yaml
parameters:
- name: checkoutFolders
default: '*'
type: object
steps:
- checkout: none
- task: PowerShell#2
inputs:
targetType: inline
script: |
$useMasterMergeIfAvaiable = $true
$checkoutFolders = ($env:CheckoutFolders | ConvertFrom-Json)
Write-Host $checkoutFolders
$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() # For timing the run.
$checkoutLocation = $env:Repository_Path
################ Setup Variables ###############
$accessToken = "$env:System_AccessToken";
$repoUriSegments = $env:Build_Repository_Uri.Split("#");
$repository = "$($repoUriSegments[0]):$accessToken#$($repoUriSegments[1])"
$checkoutBranchName = $env:Build_SourceBranch;
$prId = $env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestId;
$repositoryPathForDisplay = $repository.Replace("$accessToken", "****");
$isPullRequest = $env:Build_Reason -eq "PullRequest";
################ Configure Refs ##############
if ($isPullRequest)
{
Write-Host "Detected Pull Request"
$pullRequestRefMap = "refs/heads/$($checkoutBranchName):refs/remotes/origin/pull/$prId"
$mergeRefMap = "refs/pull/$prId/merge:refs/remotes/origin/pull/$prId";
$mergeRefRemote = $mergeRefMap.Split(":")[0];
$remoteMergeBranch = git ls-remote $repository "$mergeRefRemote" # See if remote merge ref exiss for PR.
if ($useMasterMergeIfAvaiable -and $remoteMergeBranch)
{
Write-Host "Remote Merge Branch Found: $remoteMergeBranch" -ForegroundColor Green
$refMapForCheckout = $mergeRefMap
$remoteRefForCheckout = "pull/$prId/merge"
}else{
Write-Host "No merge from master found (or merge flag is off in script), using pullrequest branch." -ForegroundColor Yellow
$refMapForCheckout = $pullRequestRefMap
$remoteRefForCheckout = "heads/$checkoutBranchName"
}
$localRef = "origin/pull/$prId"
}else{
Write-Host "This is not a pull request. Assuming master branch as source."
$localRef = "origin/master"
$remoteRefForCheckout = "master"
}
######## Sparse Checkout ###########
Write-Host "Beginning Sparse Checkout..." -ForegroundColor Green;
Write-Host " | Repository: $repositoryPathForDisplay" -ForegroundColor Cyan
if (-not (test-path $checkoutLocation) ) {
$out = mkdir -Force $checkoutLocation
}
$out = Set-Location $checkoutLocation
git init -q
git config core.sparsecheckout true
git config advice.detachedHead false
git config index.sparse true
git remote add origin $repository
git config remote.origin.fetch $refMapForCheckout
git sparse-checkout set --sparse-index $checkoutFolders
Write-Host " | Remote origin configured. Fetching..."
git fetch -j 4 --depth 1 --no-tags -q origin $remoteRefForCheckout
Write-Host " | Checking out..."
git checkout $localRef -q
Get-ChildItem -Name
# tree . # Shows a graphical structure - can be large with lots of files.
############ Clean up ##################
if (Test-Path -Path ..\$checkoutLocation)
{
Write-Host "`nChecked Out`n#############"
Set-Location ../
}
$sw.Stop()
Write-Host "`nCheckout Complete in $($sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds) seconds." -ForegroundColor Green
displayName: 'Sparse Checkout'
env:
Build_Repository_Uri: $(Build.Repository.Uri)
Build_Reason: $(Build.Reason)
System_PullRequest_SourceBranch: $(System.PullRequest.SourceBranch)
System_PullRequest_PullRequestId: $(System.PullRequest.PullRequestId)
System_PullRequest_SourceRepositoryURI: $(System.PullRequest.SourceRepositoryURI)
Build_BuildId: $(Build.BuildId)
Build_SourceBranch: $(Build.SourceBranch)
CheckoutFolders: ${{ convertToJson(parameters.checkoutFolders) }}
System_AccessToken: $(System.AccessToken)
Repository_Path: $(Build.Repository.LocalPath)
With LFS support on Ubuntu and Windows agents
parameters:
folders: '*'
steps:
- bash: |
set -ex
export ORIGIN=$(Build.Repository.Uri)
export REF=$(Build.SourceVersion)
export FOLDERS='${{ parameters.folders }}'
git version
git lfs version
git init
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout add $FOLDERS
git remote add origin $ORIGIN
git config core.sparsecheckout true
git config gc.auto 0
git config advice.detachedHead false
git config http.version HTTP/1.1
git lfs install --local
git config uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant true
git config http.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: bearer $(System.AccessToken)"
git fetch --force --no-tags --progress --depth 1 origin develop $REF
git checkout $REF --progress --force
displayName: Fast sparse Checkout
Then use as a step
steps:
- checkout: none
- template: fastCheckout.yaml
parameters:
folders: 'Folder1 src/Folder2'
You can pass folders as paramters
The exports are there to make it easier to test the script locally.
Improved checkouts from 10mins to 2mins
Is there a github action which allows me to copy specific folders (.eg. dist and static) from one branch to another in the same private repo. I appreciate any help.
here is what was trying to get it to work using Copycat action.
name: Copying static files
on:
push:
branches:
- src # Set a branch name to trigger deployment
jobs:
copy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Copycat
uses: andstor/copycat-action#v3
with:
personal_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
src_path: static.
dst_path: /static/
dst_owner: CompanyX
dst_repo_name: MyRepo
dst_branch: dest
src_branch: src
src_wiki: false
dst_wiki: false
- name: Copycat2
uses: andstor/copycat-action#v3
with:
personal_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
src_path: dist.
dst_path: /dist/
dst_owner: CompanyX
dst_repo_name: MyRepo
dst_branch: des
src_branch: src
src_wiki: false
dst_wiki: false
but I'm getting this error even though I have personal token setup in my profile.
fatal: could not read Password for 'https://github.com': No such device or address
If you want to commit to the same repository, you don't have to specify a personal token, just use actions/checkout#v2 (see this)
One solution to copy files between branch is to use git checkout [branch] -- $files, see this post
The following workflow copy files from directory named static on source branch to branch named dest:
name: Copy folder to other branch
on: [push]
jobs:
copy:
name: Copy my folder
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: copy
env:
SRC_FOLDER_PATH: 'static'
TARGET_BRANCH: 'dest'
run: |
files=$(find $SRC_FOLDER_PATH -type f) # get the file list
git config --global user.name 'GitHub Action'
git config --global user.email 'action#github.com'
git fetch # fetch branches
git checkout $TARGET_BRANCH # checkout to your branch
git checkout ${GITHUB_REF##*/} -- $files # copy files from the source branch
git add -A
git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -am "deploy files" # commit to the repository (ignore if no modification)
git push origin $TARGET_BRANCH # push to remote branch
Case: I have a azure Devops pipeline which deploys code to PRODDUCTION. It takes tag name (tag created by developer on master branch commit) as input, so that it can deploy only that specific version of code from master branch. This pipeline is set as no auto trigger, developers tag the commit in master branch & given that tag name to operation team to enter it as run time parameter (input to the pipeline)
I check out code using checkout steps with in deploy job of azure devops pipeline.
deploy:
steps:
- checkout: git://MY_PROJECT/MY_REPO#refs/tags/${{variables.tag_name}}
Query: How to assure (before deployment) that this tag is from master branch only and not from other non-master branches. (developers can create tag on master branch also)
I know we can use script like 'git commit --contains' & 'git describe' but how can we handle it efficiently any suggestion and best practices around this.
have you tried :
trigger:
- master
You can also use a powershell step to control the source branch of the artifact linked in that release with the "Build.SourceBranch" system variable
I ran into the exact same issue. I solved it by adding following check as the first step in the deployment pipeline.
steps:
- checkout: self
clean: true
persistCredentials: true
- bash: |
set -e
COMMIT_ID=$(Build.SourceVersion)
BRANCH=master
git checkout $BRANCH
RES=$(git branch --contains $COMMIT_ID)
if [[ -z $RES ]]; then
exit 1
fi
exit 0
condition: startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/')
Basically we check that the tagged commit is on the master branch. If not the deployment pipeline fails at this point without ever deploying the tagged version of the code.
I am building an Azure pipeline for a GitHub web site to run on Windows Self-Hosted agents.
The default branch for the GitHub project is develop, all developers commit to this branch. I want a script that will merge develop to release for the time where a version is on tests and merge release to master once in production.
I'm new with git commands, I know the pipeline runs under a service account on the agent, behind a proxy and the pipeline impersonate somehow to another account to connect to GitHub.
To test my script, I logged onto the server as the service account and ran the following commands:
REM At start, the pipeline is on the develop branch so I move to release branch
C:\Agent\_work\29\s> git checkout release
>Updating files: 100% (928/928), done.
>Previous HEAD position was a62***: *comment*
>Switched to a new branch 'release'
>Branch 'release' set up to track remote branch 'release' from 'origin'.
C:\Agent\_work\29\s>git tag "branchTests"
C:\Agent\_work\29\s>git status
>On branch release
>Your branch is up to date with 'origin/release'.
>
>nothing to commit, working tree clean
REM I understood I had to first get the release branch and then pull the develop branch over it before pushing it all back
C:\Agent\_work\29\s>git pull origin develop
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such file or directory
C:\Agent\_work\29\s>git push --verbose --repo=release --set-upstream release
>Pushing to release
>fatal: 'release' does not appear to be a git repository
>fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>
>Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.
I have two questions:
Is my script correct in that context ?
Can this username error come from that I use the service account ? I should impersonate somehow as the same account the pipeline does ?
Thanks.
########## Update 1
I noticed that I don't need to add this if I don't disable the checkout in the pipeline
git config --global user.email "you#example.com"
git config --global user.name "xxx"
git remote set-url origin https://user:{GitHubPAT}#github.com/xxx/xxx.git
I have two files:
stages:
- stage: InitRelease
jobs:
- job: Branch
steps:
- checkout: self
clean: true
persistCredentials: true
- template: git-branch-source-2-target.yml#templates
parameters:
Tag: '${{ variables.projectName }}_${{ variables.buildId }}'
git-branch-source-2-target.yml
parameters:
- name: 'SourceBranch'
default: 'develop'
type: string
- name: 'TargetBranch'
default: 'release'
type: string
- name: 'Tag'
default: ''
type: string
steps:
- task: CmdLine#2
enabled: true
displayName: 'GIT Release'
inputs:
script: |
git checkout ${{parameters.SourceBranch}}
git pull origin
git checkout ${{parameters.TargetBranch}}
git pull origin
git tag ${{parameters.Tag}}
git push --tags
git merge ${{parameters.SourceBranch}}
git push origin --all --verbose
Thanks !
Run the following command in the cmd task of the pipeline:
git config --global user.email "you#example.com"
git config --global user.name "xxx"
git remote set-url origin https://user:{GitHubPAT}#github.com/xxx/xxx.git
git checkout develop
git pull origin
git checkout release
git merge develop
git push origin --all