Azure CLI 从任务创建新分支

Question

I'm tring to automate task and branch creation on Azure boards- but am stuggling to programtically create a branch, once the task is created. I'm using the Azure/Azure Devops extensions in PowerShell, but can't see anything in the docs that would replicate the 'create branch' link pictured below:

Any help appreciated

Answer 1

To programmatically create a branch, here are two methods:

Az CLI: run

az repos ref create --name refs/heads/{branch name} --object-id {Id of the object to create the reference from} --organization https://dev.azure.com/{org name} --project {project name} --repository {repos name}

Rest API:

1. Get the repository ID in project setting >> your repo or use REST API Repositories - List and use REST API Refs - List with filter=<BranchName> to get the oldObjectId for your specific branch:

    GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter=heads/master&api-version=5.1

2. Use the Initial commit (Create a new branch) to create a branch from a specific branch with the following Request Body.

 { "refUpdates": [ { "name": "refs/heads/{DefineNewBranchName}", "oldObjectId": "{oldObjectId}" } ], "commits": [ { "comment": "Initial commit.", "changes": [ { "changeType": "add", "item": { "path": "/readme.md" }, "newContent": { "content": "My first file,": "contentType" "rawtext" } } ] } ] }

Next, you could link the work item with the existing Branch by using the Rest API: Work Items - Update .

 PATCH https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workitems/{id}?api-version=5.1

Request Body:

 [ { "op": "add", "path": "/relations/-", "value": { "rel": "ArtifactLink", "url": "vstfs:///Git/Ref/{ProjectID}/{RepoId}/GB{BranchName}", "attributes": { "name": "Branch", "comment": "test link branch" } } } ]

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