Azure DevOps - 管道变量 - 特殊字符问题 $$

Question

I am using DevOps pipeline to build and deploy to different environments

For one environment I am encountering this issue where i am using a Pipeline Variable with $$ in the value

For Example: Password pipeline variable with value = $omeCla$$Password

When i deploy it fails and when i check the logs the password is displayed as $omeCla$Password. So basically when $$ are together it drops one $

For all variable i am using regex __VaraibleValue__ and its working fine

I have tried:

$omeCla$\$Password to try and escape and it displays as $omeCla$\$Password . So basically \ doesn't work. I tried '$omeCla$$Password' to try and escape and it displays as '$omeCla$Password'

I want to keep this value as a normal pipeline variable before review

So basically how can I escape this?

Or should I add a Secret Token here in the replace token task (see screenshot below)? and then make the pipeline variable secret? If so, what should I set for Secret Token? Also, in app.config in my repo what should I use instead of the regex __VariableName__ that I use for normal variables?

Answer 1

The solution was to use 4 $. So if you have $$ together you need to add $$$$

Example: $someCla$$$$Password

@JaneMa-MSFT as requested

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/1296808/azure-pipeline-how-to-escape-special-characters-in.html