azure : build pipeline dependent branch

Question

On azure, I have 3 branches :

• dev
• release
• master

I created 3 build pipelines, one per branch. Each pipeline gets the sources from his specific branch and creates each on artefact. For the deployment, I created 3 release deployment. All theses pipelines are classic pipeline.

Everything is working great. But I want to simplify this process. For these 3 branches, in classic mode, How can I make just ONE build pipeline and ONE release pipeline for this (no 3 build and release pipelines)? Is is possible?

Answer 1

TL;DR yes, it is possible to have only one build pipeline and only one release pipeline.

Build pipeline

You can manually choose the branch when queuing a new build:

Or, as an alternative, you can enable continuous integration and set up multiple branch builds for your repository:

Remember to set a meaningful name to your build pipeline, ideally containing the branch name to avoid deploying the wrong artifacts when running the release pipeline:

See:

• Build multiple branches in Azure Pipelines for more details
• Configure run or build numbers

Release pipeline

When creating or configuring the release pipeline you can configure to use an artifact from the build pipeline like this:

And then, when creating a new release, you can choose which artifact to deploy :

Or, as an alternative, configure a continuous deployment trigger based on the branch: