azure-devopstriggerscontinuous-deployment

Azure DevOps: Continuous Deployment Trigger Exclusion for 'refs/pull/' Prevents Releases in 'feature/' Branches

I am configuring a Continuous Deployment (CD) trigger in Azure DevOps and need to exclude pull request branches (refs/pull/) from triggering new releases. However, after applying this exclusion, new releases are also not being triggered for branches matching feature/.

My current setup: I added refs/pull/* to the exclusions to prevent deployments from PR-related branches. After this change, releases no longer trigger for feature/* branches, even though they should. What I expected: Excluding refs/pull/* should prevent releases from PRs. feature/* branches should still trigger new releases as expected. Question: Is there a known issue with excluding refs/pull/* affecting other branch patterns? How can I properly exclude pull request branches without impacting feature/* triggers? Any insights or alternative configurations would be appreciated!

Solution

  • I attempted with the same configuration of CD trigger (Continuous deployment trigger), and it can only prevent the builds of pull request branches (refs/pull/*) from triggering new releases. For other branches, the new releases can be triggered as expected.

    Build branch filters:
Exclude refs/pull/*

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    For your case:

    1. If you want the new releases can be triggered only for the builds of branches under the feature/ folder, you can set the CD trigger like as below.

      Build branch filters:
Include feature/*

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    2. If you want the new releases can be triggered for the builds of any branches except pull request branches, you can set the CD trigger like as below.

      Build branch filters:
Include *
Exclude refs/pull/*

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    I have tested above ways, all of them can trigger new releases for branches feature/*, and not trigger for pull request branches.