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How to automatically link work items to the build?

I noticed that work items can be linked to a build. But I don't see a way to automatically link the work items to the build.

On pull requests, we require pull requests to be associated with a work item. When the pull request is complete, the work item is updated with a link to the commits.

If I look at a branches commit history in TFS, there is a build column. I assume that the build column would contain the build that the commit is in, but it is always blank.

We want to be able to look at a build and see what work items are contained in the build.

Is there a way to do this?

Solution

  • The “Automatic linking of a build with associated work items” feature was released in TFS 2017 Update 2. You could enable this feature by toggling the setting under Options in your build definition:

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    In this way, each successful build associated with the work item automatically appears in the development section of the work item form.

    More information you can refer to the blog below:

    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2017/08/25/automatic-linking-work-items-to-builds/