How to get TeamCity Build trigger filter to build feature branches but not default branch

7
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I've created a Team City build to build the feature branches:

Default Branch: refs/heads/development Branch Specification: refs/heads/feature/*

I have a vcs trigger so it builds for every git push. But I don't want it to build when someone pushes to the development branch.

I have tried playing with the branch filter in the trigger, but either features and development build on push, or none of them do.

I'm using TC 9.1.1

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2 Answers

11
votes

Try the following settings:
Default Branch: refs/heads/development
Branch Specification: +:refs/heads/feature/*

VCS trigger branch filter: 

+:*  
-:<default>
0
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We are using TC 2017.2 and had the same problem. We could disable the automatic triggering, but you could still start it by hand, which is annoying as it will keep a build agent occupied for nothing.

Then we found out we have the option to disable the actual build of a feature branch. If you go to Version Control Settings there is a Default Branch Settings section.

More info here