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Clean All build directories in Azure DevOps Pipeline settings is not working while using YAML configuration

I use Azure DevOps for some time, and I always use Classic Editor GUI when crafting Build Pipeline. Now I'm trying to create new pipeline using YAML. Everything went well and the build was successful. But, I have noticed different behavior in checkout task compared to pipeline using Classic Editor. In both pipelines, settings used in 'Get sources' tab are same(see the below screenshot)

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In case of Classic Editor pipeline, checkout task Deletes and recreates $(Agent.BuildDirectory). This results in initializing a new, local Git repository for every build. But, for YAML pipeline, checkout task only performing a git clean -ffdx and removing source directories only. How to resolve this issue for YAML pipelines?

YAML pipeline log:

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Classic Editor pipeline log:

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Solution

  • Setting clean all build directories option(in below screenshot) in devops UI is not working in case of YAML builds.

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    But you can specify this in YAML file itself by using the workspace setting of a Job. This is working as expected.

    jobs:
- job: Job1
  workspace:
    clean: all # what to clean up before the job runs - outputs | resources | all