How to trigger azure yml pipeline on tagging master branch only

Question

Regarding azure yml pipeline trigger

How to achieve below requirements I want to trigger my azure yml pipeline

Should trigger pipeline on master branch if PR is merged to master branch
Should trigger pipeline on master branch if git tag is added on master branch.
Should not trigger pipeline if git tag is added on non-master branches (like develop, features branches)
Should trigger pipeline on non-master branches if PR is merged or commit happens on these branches

How to handle this any idea, I have below trigger set as of now?

trigger:
  branches:
    include:
    - develop
    - master
    - features/*
  paths:
    exclude:
    - README.md
    - azure-pipelines.yml
  tags:
    include:
    - refs/tags/*-RELEASE

Vito Liu Vito Liu · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-29T03:43:44

In the Azure DevOps Service, the yaml build just trigger current branch, such as the .yml file in the dev branch, and add Push trigger trigger - master, then push code in the master branch, it will not trigger the build.

As a workaround, we need to update the .yml content in the different branch.

For example, If we create YAML build in the master branch, it will create azure-pipelines.yml file in the master branch.

Should trigger pipeline on master branch if PR is merged to master branch
Should trigger pipeline on master branch if git tag is added on master branch.

We can do this by adding the following push triggers

trigger:
  batch: true
  branches:
    include:
    - master
  tags:
    include:
    - refs/tags/*-RELEASE

Should not trigger pipeline if git tag is added on non-master branches (like develop, features branches)
Should trigger pipeline on non-master branches if PR is merged or commit happens on these branches

Then create branch develop and features, it also contain the file azure-pipelines.yml, edit the file content.

trigger:
  batch: true
  branches:
    include:
    - develop #in the develop enter develop, in the feature branch, we need to update it to feature.
  tags:
    exclude:
    - refs/tags/*-RELEASE

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How to trigger azure yml pipeline on tagging master branch only

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