I am new to YAML and build pipelines. I am receiving the following error, can anyone advice what's wrong with the target folder.
Unhandled: Input required: TargetFolder
[warning]Directory 'D:\a\1\a' is empty. Nothing will be added to build artifact 'drop'.
Below is my YAML file:
# Build app using Azure Pipelines
pool:
vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
steps:
- script: echo hello world
- task: NodeTool@0
inputs:
versionSpec: '8.x'
- task: CopyFiles@1
displayName: 'Copy Files to: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
inputs:
SourceFolder: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)'
Contents:
\C:\VSCodeGit\CollMod.Web\Web.config\
TartgetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
condition: succeededOrFailed()
- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
displayName: 'Publish Artifact: drop'
inputs:
PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
condition: succeededOrFailed()
I think it's the contents field that looks to be invalid here.
The docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/copy-files?view=vsts&tabs=yaml and further documentation on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/file-matching-patterns?view=vsts which both give some great examples.
If you're unsure set the contents to **/* which will copy absolutely everything in the $(build.sourcesdirectory), but it will give you a feel for the shape of the directory structure so that you can change **/* into something more selective and scoped for the file(s) you want to copy.