ManageVariableGroupTask

#Introduction The Manage Variable Group Task Extension for Azure DevOps enables your pipelines to interact with Variable Groups.

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#Version 0.0.24 Breaking changes All variable values, from version 0.0.24, must be included in double quotes like specified in Slick Syntax. This allows users to set variable values including spaces.

#Usage Here are all the inputs that you will find on the task and a brief explaination:

- task: MorenoBruschi.manage-variable-group-task.custom-build-release-task.ManageVariableGroupTask@0
  displayName: 'Azure DevOps Variable Group Management'
  inputs:
    pat: '***'
    project: '407b1edc-288e-4361-a308-88ca26b363ce'
    vgname: SomeVariableGroup
    orgname: orgName
    op: Update
    varops: |
     + var1 => "value1"
     + var2 => "value2"
     = var3 => "value three"

PAT: Personal Access Token generated from the DevOps web portal. This token has to be generated from the Azure DevOps organization/server you want to edit variable groups on.
Project: The ID of the project you want to be referenced by the Variable Group. The assistant will show a PickList with current Organization projects.
VGName: The name of the Variable Group you want to manage.
OrgName: The name of the Azure DevOps Organization in which the project is hosted.
VarOps: A set of variable operations to execute on the Variable Group.
Op: The type of operation you want to perform over the Variable Group (Create, Update or Delete).

#Variable Operations Syntax The syntax supported in the VarOps input is similar to the Slick syntax, but with less features. You can create three types of variable operations: Create Variable, Update Variable or Delete Variable.

The general form is:

op variableName => "variableValue"

To Create a Variable you can type:

+ variableName => "variableValue"

To Update a Variable you can type:

= variableName => "variableValue"

To Delete a Variable you can type:

- variableName

#Roadmap

Support for "IsReadOnly" & "IsSecret" variable parameters
Evaluate alternatives for Azure DevOps Authentication
Create/Update automatic evaluations

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