Azure Devops yaml Pipeline - PowerShell file move, then commit - powershell

Question

I am able to move files (using PowerShell) in my Azure DevOps yaml pipeline.
I am able to commit to my git repo via Azure DevOps yaml pipeline. (As found here)
The problem is that I cannot do both in the same pipeline. Moving files worked fine until I added the following commands in a nested template (gitCalled.yml):
steps:
- checkout: self
persistCredentials: true
- script: |
git config --global user.email Continuous.Integrator#yourcompany.com & git config --global user.name "Continuous.Integrator"
workingDirectory: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)
- script: |
git checkout -b packaging-test
echo 'This is a test' > data.txt
git add -A
git commit -m "deployment $(Build.BuildNumber)"
git push --set-upstream origin packaging-test
displayName: Add data.txt file
workingDirectory: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)
Specifically, the checkout/persistCredentials command is what appears to be the issue. The result, when using it, is that my powershell file is no longer able to be found. If I comment out that command, my git commands fail, but the powerShell file is found and ran.
I'm in an either-or situation, but I want to do both ;)
Here is the calling template:
parameters:
- name: aliasPackageName
type: string
stages:
- stage: PipelineMoveFiles
displayName: Pipeline
jobs:
- job: MoveFiles
displayName: MoveFiles
pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- pwsh: |
$numOfForceAppFiles = $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1
Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=numOfForceAppFiles;isOutput=true]$numOfForceAppFiles"
name: movesFilesStep
displayName: Move files to their package folders
- pwsh: |
Write-Host "Number of files still to move: "$(movesFilesStep.numOfForceAppFiles)
if ( 0 -eq $numOfForceAppFiles )
{
Write-Host "All Files were moved"
}
else
{
Write-Host "All Files were NOT moved"
# exit 1;
}
displayName: Validate that all files were moved
- template: gitCalled.yml
ERROR:
Starting: Move files to their package folders
==============================================================================
Task : PowerShell
Description : Run a PowerShell script on Linux, macOS, or Windows
Version : 2.200.0
Author : Microsoft Corporation
Help : https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/powershell
==============================================================================
Generating script.
========================== Starting Command Output ===========================
/usr/bin/pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command . '/home/vsts/work/_temp/33de9584-b260-4422-b6db-b8cef3ea129d.ps1'
/home/vsts/work/1/s/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1: /home/vsts/work/_temp/33de9584-b260-4422-b6db-b8cef3ea129d.ps1:2
Line |
2 | … umOfForceAppFiles = /home/vsts/work/1/s/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The term '/home/vsts/work/1/s/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1'
| is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script
| file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name,
| or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and
| try again.
##[error]PowerShell exited with code '1'.
Finishing: Move files to their package folders
Any help would be much appreciated!!

Answer 1

Based on your YAML sample, you need to execute the Powershell file in PowerShell Inline script and get the output.
You can use the script to execute the ps file:
$numOfForceAppFiles = & "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1"
Refer to the following sample:
parameters:
- name: aliasPackageName
type: string
stages:
- stage: PipelineMoveFiles
displayName: Pipeline
jobs:
- job: MoveFiles
displayName: MoveFiles
pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- pwsh: |
　　　　　　　$numOfForceAppFiles = & "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1"
　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=numOfForceAppFiles;isOutput=true]$numOfForceAppFiles"
displayName: Move files to their package folders

Answer 2

Instead of running the powershell and git commands in different steps (pwsh and script) I decided to roll them together. The following is a partial, but working code.
steps:
- checkout: self
persistCredentials: true
clean: true
- powershell: |
git --version
git config user.email Continuous.Integrator#yourcompany.com
git config user.name "Continuous.Integrator"
git checkout -b packaging-test
$numOfForceAppFiles = $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/PackageCreation/MoveFiles.ps1
git add -A
git commit -m "deployment $(Build.BuildNumber)"
git push --set-upstream origin packaging-test