Excluding Certain Files in Azure CI Pipeline (YAML) - azure

Question

I have a CI pipeline (YAML) that builds a repo that will deploy into an existing Azure Function. The CI pipeline is doing it is job. However, after it is done, and I go to Function App -> App files -> I can see the azure-pipeline.yml is included in there (or i think it was included in the build process). I have tried using paths and exclude but they dont work. My question is, how do I exclude only that azure-pipeline.yml so that after the pipeline is done building, the azure-pipeline.yml is not in App files in Function App. Below is my YAML
trigger:
branches:
include:
- master
paths:
exclude:
- README.md
- azure-pipelines.yml
variables:
# Azure Resource Manager connection created during pipeline creation
azureSubscription: 'DevOps-Test'
# Function app name
functionAppName: 'test'
# Agent VM image name
vmImageName: 'vs2017-win2016'
# Working Directory
workingDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/'
stages:
- stage: Build
displayName: Build stage
jobs:
- job: Build
displayName: Build
pool:
vmImage: $(vmImageName)
steps:
- powershell: |
if (Test-Path "extensions.csproj") {
dotnet build extensions.csproj --output ./$(workingDirectory)/bin
}
displayName: 'Build extensions'
- task: ArchiveFiles#2
displayName: 'Archive files'
inputs:
rootFolderOrFile: $(workingDirectory)
includeRootFolder: false
archiveType: zip
archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
replaceExistingArchive: true
- publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
artifact: drop
- task: DownloadBuildArtifacts#0
inputs:
buildType: 'current'
downloadType: 'single'
artifactName: 'drop'
downloadPath: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
- task: AzureFunctionApp#1
displayName: 'Azure functions app deploy'
inputs:
azureSubscription: '$(azureSubscription)'
appType: functionApp
appName: $(functionAppName)
package: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'

Answer 1

The following syntax means file README.md or azure-pipelines.yml won't trigger the build. It doesn't mean file README.md or azure-pipelines.yml are excluded in the working directory.
trigger:
branches:
include:
- master
paths:
exclude:
- README.md
- azure-pipelines.yml
I've noticed you tried archiving folder $(workingDirectory), and workingDirectory defined in variable which was actually $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/. System.DefaultWorkingDirectory is the local path on the agent where your source code files are downloaded.
Obviously, file README.md and azure-pipelines.yml are in the source code, so they are archived too. You could add a CopyFiles task before ArchiveFiles task to copy files you need from a source folder to a target folder using match patterns, then archive the target folder. For example:
- task: CopyFiles#2
displayName: 'Copy Files to: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) '
inputs:
SourceFolder: '$(workingDirectory)'
Contents: |
**/*
!*.md
!*.yml
TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) '
- task: ArchiveFiles#2
displayName: 'Archive files '
inputs:
rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) '

Answer 2

Take a look here
- powershell: |
if (Test-Path "extensions.csproj") {
dotnet build extensions.csproj --output ./$(workingDirectory)/bin
}
displayName: 'Build extensions'
- task: ArchiveFiles#2
displayName: 'Archive files'
inputs:
rootFolderOrFile: $(workingDirectory)
includeRootFolder: false
archiveType: zip
archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip
replaceExistingArchive: true
You produce your ouptut here ./$(workingDirectory)/bin but you zipped rootFolderOrFile: $(workingDirectory). Please change it to rootFolderOrFile: $(workingDirectory)/bin.
EDIT
Please add this before calling archive
- script: |
rm README.md
rm azure-pipelines.yml
workingDirectory: $(workingDirectory)
So you will remove them from folder which you later archive.