Variables Helpers Build and Release Tasks

Visual Studio Team Services Build and Release Management extensions that help you manipulate and load variables.

Learn more about this extension on the wiki!

Tasks included

• Load JSON Variables: Load variables from a JSON file
• Load Xml Variables: Load variables from an XML file using jxon.
• Load Yaml Variables: Load variables from a YAML file.
• Load Plist Variables: Load variables from a PLIST file.

To contribute

1. Globally install typescript and tfx-cli (to package VSTS extensions): npm install -g typescript tfx-cli
2. From the root of the repo run npm install. This will pull down the necessary modules for the different tasks and for the build tools.
3. Run npm run build to compile the build tasks.
4. Run npm run package -- --version <version> to create the .vsix extension packages (supports multiple environments) that includes the build tasks.

Release Notes

8-4-2016

• Added: Load JSON Variables

Contributors

This extension was created by Geek Learning, with help from the community.

Attributions

• JSON File by Oliviu Stoian from the Noun Project