Create Pull Request

Pipeline	Extension

Azure DevOps Create Pull Request Task

An easy way to automatically create a Pull Request from your Build (UI or YAML) or Release Pipeline.

You can create a Pull Request to an Azure DevOps (Repos) repository or to a GitHub repository.

Support multi target branch (PR from one source branch to many target branches) and Draft Pull Request.

Choose title, description, reviewers, tags and more.

Get the extension from the Azure DevOps marketplace.

Prerequisites

• The task currently only works on Windows machines.

For Azure DevOps Repository:

• You need to give permissions to the build users:

  In Microsoft hosted agent is "Build Service (user-name)" and "Project Collection Build Service (Project)" (Sometimes the last only show up if you type the UUID (8837...) on "Search for user or groups".)

  

  If you want to use Bypass you need to give also the permisison "Bypass policies when completing pull requests"

For GitHub Repository:

• You need to create a GitHub service connection with Personal Access Token (PAT) - with repo permissions:

  

• To create the GitHub PAT go to https://github.com/settings/tokens/new

  

Usage

In the classic editor:

• Git repository type: Azure DevOps (Repos) or GitHub. When you choose GitHub you need to choose from the list the GitHub service connection (that use PAT authorization.)

• GitHub Connection (authorized with PAT): When you choose GitHub in Git repository type you need to specify here the GitHub service connection.

• Repository to use: The method for selecting the Git repository:

  • In Azure DevOps: 'Current build' will use the repository for which the current build is configured. 'Select' will allow you to select an Azure DevOps Repository from your account.

  • In GitHub: The default will be $(Build.Repository.Name) - the current build repo, but you can select other repos from the drop down list.

• Is Forked Repository: [For Azure DevOps] If checked, it means the source branch it from a forked repository and not from the original. the target repo will be the currnet build repo.

• Source branch name: The source branch that will be merged. The default value is the build source branch - $(Build.SourceBranch).

• Target branch name: The target branch name that the source branch will be merge to him. For example: master.
  Supports also multi target branch with * - for example: test/*, or with ; - for example: master;test.

• Title: The Pull Request title. You can use the token [BRANCH_NAME] to dynamically reuse the current target branch name in the pull request title (for example: Merge master into c).

• Description: The Pull Request description. (Optional).

• Reviewers: The Pull Request reviewers (Optional):
  For Azure DevOps - one or more email address or team name separated by semicolon. For example: test@test.com;MyTeamName.
  For TFS/Azure DevOps Server - one or more domain\username or team name separated by semicolon. For example: DOMAIN\username;DOMAIN\username2.
  To make the reviewer required in Azure DevOps add 'req:' - e.g. req:test@test.som
  For GitHub - one or more usernames separated by semicolon. For example: user1;user2.

• Tags: The Pull Request tags (Optional). tag list separated by semicolon. For example: tag1;tag2.

• Create Draft Pull Request: If checked the pull request will be a Draft Pull Request. (Default: false)
  For Azure DevOps: see here more info.
  For GitHub: see here more info.

• Link Work Items: If checked, all the work items that linked to the commits will be linked also to the PullRequest.

• Pass Pull Request ID back to Azure DevOps as a variable: If checked, the Pull Request ID will be passed back to Azure DevOps for use in other pipeline tasks. The variable can be referenced as $(pullRequestId).

• Always Create Pull Request: If true, a Pull Request will always be created even if there a no changed files.

• Set Auto Complete: Only for Azure DevOps. If checked the pull request will close once all branch policies are met.

  Complete options (for Azure DevOps):

  • Merge Strategy: Specify the strategy used to merge the pull request during completion, see here more info.

    • Merge (No fast-forward) - noFastForward in yaml:

      A two-parent, no-fast-forward merge. The source branch is unchanged. This is the default behavior.

    • Squash commit - squash in yaml:

      Put all changes from the pull request into a single-parent commit.

    • Rebase and fast-forward - rebase in yaml:

      Rebase the source branch on top of the target branch HEAD commit, and fast-forward the target branch. The source branch is updated during the rebase operation.

    • Rebase and not fast-forward - rebaseMerge in yaml:

      Rebase the source branch on top of the target branch HEAD commit, and create a two-parent, no-fast-forward merge. The source branch is updated during the rebase operation.

  • Delete Source Branch: If true, the source branch of the pull request will be deleted after completion.

  • Commit Message: If set, this will be used as the commit message of the merge commit. if empty the default will be used.

  • Complete Associated Work Items: If true, we will attempt to transition any work items linked to the pull request into the next logical state (i.e. Active -> Resolved).

  • Bypass policy: If true, policies will be explicitly bypassed while the pull request is completed.

    • If you want to use Bypass you need to give also the permisison "Bypass policies when completing pull requests" (check the above Prerequisites section).

  • Bypass reason: If policies are bypassed, this reason is stored as to why bypass was used.

  Auto Merge options (for GitHub):

  • Merge Strategy: Specify the strategy used to merge the pull request during completion, see here more info.

    • Merge (No fast-forward) - merge in yaml:

      A two-parent, no-fast-forward merge. The source branch is unchanged. This is the default behavior.

    • Squash commit - squash in yaml:

      Put all changes from the pull request into a single-parent commit.

    • Rebase and fast-forward - rebase in yaml:

      Rebase the source branch on top of the target branch HEAD commit, and fast-forward the target branch. The source branch is updated during the rebase operation.

  • Delete Source Branch: If true, the source branch of the pull request will be deleted after the merge.

  • Commit Title: If set, this will be used as the commit title of the merge commit. if empty the default will be used.

  • Commit Message: If set, this will be used as the commit message of the merge commit. if empty the default will be used.

In yaml pipeline:

- task: CreatePullRequest@1
  inputs:
    repoType: Azure DevOps / GitHub
    githubEndpoint: 'my-github' # When you choose GitHub in `repoType` you need to specify here the GitHub service connection
    # When you choose GitHub in `repoType`
    # you can also put here each repo from your GitHub account, for example: user/myrepo
    # If you not specify anything the default will be "$(Build.Repository.Name)".
    githubRepository: # Default: $(Build.Repository.Name).
    # When you choose Azure DevOps in `repoType` - by default the PR will be for the current repository
    # You can select another repository from this project or another project in your account
    # For this, specify `select` in `repositorySelectionMethod` and put the project id & git repo id
    repositorySelectionMethod: select
    projectId: '7fcdaf44-b831-4faa-b2fe-8k7a19a1d1af'
    gitRepositoryId: 'a743g5c4-85ec-4a4e-bf42-78964d551234'
    isForked: false / true (Default: false)
    sourceBranch: '$(Build.SourceBranch)'
    targetBranch: 'master' # Could be also "release/*" or "master;release"
    title: 'Test PR'
    description: 'Test PR' # Optional
    reviewers: For Azure DevOps: 'test@test.com;MyTeam'. For GitHub: `username;username2` # Optional
    # For TFS/Azure DevOps Server: 'DOMAIN\username'
    # To make the reviewer required in Azure DevOps add 'req:' - e.g. 'req:test@test.som'
    tags: 'tag1;tag2'
    isDraft: false / true (Default: false)
    linkWorkItems: false / true (Default: true)
    passPullRequestIdBackToADO: false / true (Default: false)
    alwaysCreatePr: false / true (Default: false)
    # For Azure DevOps
    autoComplete: false / true (Default: false)
    mergeStrategy: 'noFastForward (default) / squash / rebase / rebaseMerge'
    deleteSource:  false / true (Default: false) # Optional
    commitMessage: 'Test Comment' # Optional
    transitionWorkItems:  false / true (Default: false) # Optional
    bypassPolicy: false / true (can't be used with `autoComplete` -the bypass also auto complete the PR) 
    bypassReason: 'Test ByPass' # Optional
    # For GitHub
    githubAutoMerge: false / true (Default: false)
    githubMergeStrategy: 'merge (default) / squash / rebase'
    githubMergeCommitTitle: 'test title' # Optional
    githubMergeCommitMessage: 'test message' # Optional
    githubDeleteSourceBranch: false / true (Default: false) # Optional
  env:
    System_AccessToken: $(System.AccessToken)

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