I created a new build with Azure Pipelines (Azure DevOps) and it worked really well.
Usually, you use $(Rev:.r)
to get the revision in the build. Unfortunately, it seems the variable isn't replaced/set in the build steps. The only place where you can use it is the name:
property in the YAML document.
Now I set it in the name and extract it in some PowerShell, which isn't necessary if you can get it via an environment variable.
How do I get the Revision (like $(Rev)
) in the new builds (outside of the name:
property in the YAML document)?
(The Build Agents running on-premise, inside Docker - but this shouldn't affect the things above)
You can't get the revision number without parsing, it is not stored as a separate field somewhere or in an environment variable.
The $(Rev:.r)
portion instructs Azure DevOps to come up with the first number that makes the build number unique (and, in that specific example, put a dot in front of it).
Like you said, the only way is to use PowerShell script to get the value:
$buildNumber = $Env:BUILD_BUILDNUMBER
$revision= $buildNumber.Substring($buildNumber.LastIndexOf('.') + 1)
Edit:
You can install the Get Revision Number extension that does it.