Azure Pipeline Checkout Multiple Repositories#

This post will talk about some Azure pipeline predefined variables' values in a multiple repositories checkout situation. The official doc is here.

Note

The examples given in this post is using Azure DevOps repositories and Azure pipeline Ubuntu agent.

Default Pipeline workspace structure#

When a pipeline starts, something is created inside the folder defined in the predefined variable $(Pipeline.Workspace), this variable has the same value as $(Agent.BuildDirectory), For example, when using the default Azure pipeline Ubuntu agent, the value is /home/vsts/work/1.

At the very beginning of a pipeline run, you should the folder constructed like below:

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 s
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 12:52 ..

Folder /home/vsts/work/1 for Pipeline.Workspace, Agent.BuildDirectory.
Folder /home/vsts/work/1/a for Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory, Build.StagingDirectory.
Folder /home/vsts/work/1/b for Build.BinariesDirectory.
Folder //home/vsts/work/1s for System.DefaultWorkingDirectory or sometimes for Build.SourcesDirectory, Build.Repository.LocalPath.
Folder /home/vsts/work/1/TestResults for Common.TestResultsDirectory

Warning

The value of Build.SourcesDirectory, Build.Repository.LocalPath could change upon checkout policies, so pay attention when using these two variables.

Warning

System.DefaultWorkingDirectory is very important too because its value will never change in whatever situation, and this is the default working directory when running the script task, we can confirm it by checking the result of the above pwd command.

I will show these variables' value within different steps of 5 different pipelines:

With self checkout and external repository checkout (most common)
Single self checkout with default path
Single self checkout with custom path
No self checkout but single external checkout with default path
No self checkout but single external checkout with custom path
No self checkout but multiple external checkout

With self checkout and external repository checkout#

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

steps:
  - checkout: self
    persistCredentials: true  # persists cred to perform some git remote commands like git push --tags
    path: $(Build.Repository.Name)

  - checkout: another_repo
    path: another_repo

  - script: |
      cp "$BUILD_REPOSITORY_LOCALPATH/." "$SYSTEM_DEFAULTWORKINGDIRECTORY" -r
    displayName: Copy $(Build.Repository.Name) content to default workding directroy

Declare repository resources#

Suppose the self (primary) repository name is cicd, and in the pipeline file, we declare a repository resource to the repository found at AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo.

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

From the very beginning of the pipeline line, the another_repo repository and the self repository will be automatically checked out at /home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 s
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 12:52 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 cicd
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 another_repo
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 .

At this point, the following variables having following values:

Predefined variable name	Value	When
Pipeline.Workspace	/home/vsts/work/1	Beginning of the pipeline
Agent.BuildDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1	Beginning of the pipeline
Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	Beginning of the pipeline
Build.StagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	Beginning of the pipeline
Build.BinariesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/b	Beginning of the pipeline
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	Beginning of the pipeline
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	Beginning of the pipeline
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s/cicd	Beginning of the pipeline
Common.TestResultsDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults	Beginning of the pipeline
PWD	/home/vsts/work/1/s	Beginning of the pipeline

Warning

We see both the self repository (cicd) and the external repository (another_repo) is saved to /home/vsts/work/1/s, this is because during the compiling time, the pipeline found that we will checkout both the repositories, but if there wouldn't have been the checkout out of the external repository, the /home/vsts/work/1/s directory will be empty at this step.

Checkout self to its repository name#

- checkout: self
  persistCredentials: true
  path: $(Build.Repository.Name)

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  1 08:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 s
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 cicd

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 another_repo
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 ..

At this point, the following variables having following values:

Predefined variable name	Value	When
Pipeline.Workspace	/home/vsts/work/1	After checking out self to its repo name
Agent.BuildDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1	After checking out self to its repo name
Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	After checking out self to its repo name
Build.StagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	After checking out self to its repo name
Build.BinariesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/b	After checking out self to its repo name
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out self to its repo name
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out self to its repo name
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/cicd	After checking out self to its repo name
Common.TestResultsDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults	After checking out self to its repo name
PWD	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out self to its repo name

Checkout another repository to its repository name#

- checkout: another_repo
  path: another_repo

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 12:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 cicd
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 s
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 another_repo

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 12:52 ..

Warning

At this point, nothing exists anymore in the /home/vsts/work/1/s folder, remember there was the folder another_repo in the previous step. The checkout step moved /home/vsts/work/1/s/another_repo to /home/vsts/work/1/another_repo.

At this point, the following variables having following values:

Predefined variable name	Value	When
Pipeline.Workspace	/home/vsts/work/1	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Agent.BuildDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Build.StagingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/a	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Build.BinariesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/b	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/cicd	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
Common.TestResultsDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults	After checking out another_repo to its repo name
PWD	/home/vsts/work/1/s	After checking out another_repo to its repo name

Move self to System.DefaultWorkingDirectory#

Once we have multi-checkout repositories in a pipeline, the source code of the self (primary) repository won't be saved in /home/vsts/work/1/s, where is pointed by the System.DefaultWorkingDirectory variable, but System.DefaultWorkingDirectory is the default working directory of the script task, we can add workingDirectory: parameter to the script task to change the path, but if we have many script tasks, and even they're declared in some shared templates, it would be difficult to change it. So we need to manually move the source repository content back to /home/vsts/work/1/s:

- script: |
    cp "$BUILD_REPOSITORY_LOCALPATH/." "$SYSTEM_DEFAULTWORKINGDIRECTORY" -r
  displayName: Copy $(Build.Repository.Name) content to default workding directroy

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  1 08:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 cicd
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 s
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 another_repo

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker    0 Apr  1 08:51 repo_cicd.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker  985 Apr  1 08:51 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .git
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .azure-pipelines
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 ..

ls -lart
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker    0 Apr  1 08:51 repo_cicd.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker  985 Apr  1 08:51 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .git
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .azure-pipelines
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  1 08:51 ..

Single self checkout with default path#

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

steps:
  - checkout: self
    persistCredentials: true

Before checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 s
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:14 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

After checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:14 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker    0 Apr  3 21:14 repo_cicd.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker  985 Apr  3 21:14 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .azure-pipelines
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:14 .git

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout

Single self checkout with custom path#

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

steps:
  - checkout: self
    persistCredentials: true
    path: $(Build.Repository.Name)

Before checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 s
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:10 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

After checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/cicd

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:10 cicd

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
ls: cannot access '/home/vsts/work/1/s': No such file or directory

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/cicd	after checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/cicd	after checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/cicd	after checkout

No self checkout but single external checkout with default path#

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

steps:
  - checkout: another_repo

Before checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 s
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:25 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

After checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 21:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 vsts docker  947 Apr  3 21:25 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 .git
drwxr-xr-x 5 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 repo_another_repo
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 21:25 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	after checkout

No self checkout but single external checkout with custom path#

Please see following pipeline example, we define an external repository called another_repo, but we don't checkout the self repository, and we only checkout this external repository.

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo

steps:
  - checkout: another_repo
    path: another_repo

Before checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 s
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 20:52 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

After checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/another_repo

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:52 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 20:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:53 another_repo

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
ls: cannot access '/home/vsts/work/1/s': No such file or directory

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/another_repo	after checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/another_repo	after checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/another_repo	after checkout

No self checkout but multiple external checkout#

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: another_repo1
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo1
    - repository: another_repo2
      type: git
      name: AzureDevOpsProjectName/another_repo2

steps:
  - checkout: another_repo1
    path: another_repo1
  - checkout: another_repo2
    path: another_repo2

Before checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 5 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 s
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 20:59 ..

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 cicd
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 another_repo1
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 another_repo2
drwxr-xr-x 6 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 .

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

After checkout#

pwd
/home/vsts/work/1/s

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 a
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 TestResults
drwxr-xr-x 7 vsts root   4096 Apr  3 20:59 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 another_repo1
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 s
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 another_repo2

ls -lart /home/vsts/work/1/s
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 cicd
drwxr-xr-x 3 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 vsts docker 4096 Apr  3 20:59 ..

Predefined variable name	Value	When
System.DefaultWorkingDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.SourcesDirectory	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout
Build.Repository.LocalPath	/home/vsts/work/1/s	before checkout

Azure Pipeline Checkout Multiple Repositories#

Default Pipeline workspace structure#

With self checkout and external repository checkout#

Declare repository resources#

Checkout self to its repository name#

Checkout another repository to its repository name#

Move self to System.DefaultWorkingDirectory#

Single self checkout with default path#

Before checkout#

After checkout#

Single self checkout with custom path#

Before checkout#

After checkout#

No self checkout but single external checkout with default path#

Before checkout#

After checkout#

No self checkout but single external checkout with custom path#

Before checkout#

After checkout#

No self checkout but multiple external checkout#

Before checkout#

After checkout#

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