Add branch name to build number

Track where your builds have come from

If you are building from multiple branches it can be hard to tell which branch a build has come from when only looking at a list of releases (e.g. when selecting which builds to use in a release).

This build task will update the version number to include the name of the branch when the build is not from master.

If your normal version number format is 1.2.3.4, and you build from the master branch, then your build number will stay the same.

If you build off another branch e.g. develop or features/my-cool-feature your version number will be updated to be 1.2.3.4-develop or 1.2.3.4-my-cool-feature respectively.

The task can be used in a YAML build by including this step:

- task: AddBranchToBuildNumber@1
  displayName: Add branch to the build number