Azure DevOps - multiple repo checkout

Question

Scenario

My code is one repository and all my dependencies is in another repo (another project) that I need to build my code.

Following is my azure-pipelines.yml

# File: azure-pipelines.yml

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

variables:
  phpVersion: 7.3

resources:
  repositories:
    - repository: myLibraries
      type: git
      name: myProject/libraries

steps:
- checkout: self
- checkout: myLibraries
  path: libraries

- script: |
    sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php$(phpVersion)
    sudo update-alternatives --set phar /usr/bin/phar$(phpVersion)
    sudo update-alternatives --set phpdbg /usr/bin/phpdbg$(phpVersion)
    sudo update-alternatives --set php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi$(phpVersion)
    sudo update-alternatives --set phar.phar /usr/bin/phar.phar$(phpVersion)
    php -version
  displayName: 'Use PHP version $(phpVersion)'

When I run my pipeline, I got the following error:

Checkout of repository 'myLibraries' is not supported. Only 'self' and 'none' are supported.,Checkout of multiple repositories is not supported.

references:

https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-yaml/blob/master/design/multicheckout.md https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/templates?view=azure-devops#using-other-repositories

MotoWilliams · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-11 22:17:42Z

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Multiple repository checkout is now supported - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/multi-repo-checkout?view=azure-devops#multi-repo-checkout

resources:
  repositories:
  - repository: MyGitHubRepo # The name used to reference this repository in the checkout step
    type: github
    endpoint: MyGitHubServiceConnection
    name: MyGitHubOrgOrUser/MyGitHubRepo
  - repository: MyBitBucketRepo
    type: bitbucket
    endpoint: MyBitBucketServiceConnection
    name: MyBitBucketOrgOrUser/MyBitBucketRepo
  - repository: MyAzureReposGitRepository
    type: git
    name: MyProject/MyAzureReposGitRepo

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
- checkout: self
- checkout: MyGitHubRepo
- checkout: MyBitBucketRepo
- checkout: MyAzureReposGitRepository

- script: dir $(Build.SourcesDirectory)

answered Dec 11, 2019 at 22:17

MotoWilliams

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Alex Raj Kaliamoorthy Over a year ago

I am unable to checkout a repo from a different project.

eddy Over a year ago

But what do the endpoint and name parameters mean? I can't find any examples with actual values

Daniel Mann · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-13 15:40:23Z

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The text you posted provides the answer:

Checkout of multiple repositories is not supported.

If you want to use multiple repos in a build, you'll need to do it yourself.

Some options:

Use submodules or subtrees
Have a git clone step that clones the second repository
Publish the relevant contents from the second repository to an artifacts feed and restore them as necessary

All of these have upsides and downsides.

answered Oct 13, 2019 at 15:40

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sedrac Over a year ago

Hi @daniel , how about the Multiple Repo checkout. Microsoft doc ? is it outdated? thanks for you help

Daniel Mann Over a year ago

@sedrac It's a design document. i.e., a proposal for how that feature could be implemented.

NirupamaReddy · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-05 17:39:57Z

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I was facing the same issue, the documentation provided was bit confusing. I got it resolved.

here is my ex:

(for checkout of self repo, need not mention anything in the resources/repositories, we need to mention other repos which we wanted to checkout)

resources:

repositories:

repository: myrepoAliasname

type: git

name: myActualreponame

ref: refs/heads/mybranchname #I wanted to checkout a particular branch in repo

steps:

  - checkout: self

  - checkout: myrepoAliasname (this is the name we gave in resources and it will checkout our mentioned branch of this repo)

edited May 5, 2023 at 17:39

answered May 5, 2023 at 17:37

NirupamaReddy

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