Exclude one branch from workflow (trigger pattern)

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I want to have two workflows:

  • one for all branches but testing
  • second for only testing branch ,
    how trigger pattern should looks to achieve that( all branches exclude one?)
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Hi @maciega_fm,

great question! You can archive it with following trigger map:

trigger_map:
# second (testing-workflow) for only testing branch - triggered by PR or Push
- push_branch: testing-branch-name
  workflow: testing-workflow
- pull_request_source_branch: testing-branch-name
  workflow: testing-workflow
#  one (primary) for all branches but testing - triggered by PR or Push
- push_branch: "*"
  workflow: primary
- pull_request_source_branch: "*"
  workflow: primary
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Yep, @godreikrisztian is right, just a note: the important thing here is that the order of trigger_map processing in top-to-bottom, and the first item which matches the conditions will pick the workflow for the build.

So if you have:

trigger_map:
- push_branch: testing-branch-name
  workflow: testing-workflow
- push_branch: "*"
  workflow: primary

Then when a push happens on the testing-branch-name branch that will match the first pattern and select testing-workflow. In case of a push to any other branch the push_branch: testing-branch-name entry won’t match, so the processing of the trigger_map continues and then matches push_branch: "*" which selects the workflow for the build.

But if you switch the order of the entries:

trigger_map:
- push_branch: "*"
  workflow: primary
- push_branch: testing-branch-name
  workflow: testing-workflow

Then the first entry (push_branch: "*") will always match the push condition before the push_branch: testing-branch-name one, and so the push_branch: testing-branch-name one will never be used.

You can find more information and examples in the official docs at: http://devcenter.bitrise.io/webhooks/trigger-map/

If you have any questions, just let us know!

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Thank you for that. I had no idea that it was a top-to-bottom matcher. That clears things up tremendously.

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