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How can we set parameters and variables in repositories?

This is just a sample structure. But I want to fetch data from parameters and variables. How can we do it so that I can reuse this for all the repositories (doing it for 50 repositories)?

    resources:
      repositories:
      - repository: {parameter}
        type: git
        name: ${parameter}
        ref: $(BranchName)
        trigger:
          - Develop
          - Release
Solution

  • Please note that set parameter and variable is not supported in repositories resources.

    Currently we are only able to use the parameter or variable for ref here. It's not supported for the repository and name. See resources.repositories.repository definition for details. enter image description here

    As a work around, we can add all the repositories as resources, and then set parameter and variable at the checkout step. Reference Check out multiple repositories in your pipeline.

    For example:

    parameters:
- name: repository
  type: string
  default: myRepo1
  values:
  - myRepo1
  - myRepo2
  - myRepo3
- name: reponame
  type: string
  default: myReponame1
  values:
  - myReponame1
  - myReponame2

variables:
  BranchName : main


resources:
  repositories:
  - repository: myRepo1
    type: git
    name: myReponame1
    ref: $(BranchName)
    trigger:
      - Develop
      - Release
  - repository: myRepo2
    type: git
    name: myReponame2
    ref: $(BranchName)
    trigger:
      - Develop
      - Release
pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- checkout: ${{parameters.repository}}

    However, the requirement makes sense, you could create a suggestion ticket via: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/report?space=21&entry=problem.