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DarrenMArdex
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Oct 06, 2022
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ASP.NET Bundling + CI/CD - how to handle when a bundled file is deleted or renamed

We are using Azure DevOps to run a CI/CD pipeline to our various environments. We recently encountered an issue where one of the developers re-named a TypeScript file - perfectly reasonable thing to ...
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  • Lohith_GN's avatar
    Lohith_GN
    Oct 07, 2022
    Thanks for the details.

    Take a look at the task documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/iisweb-app-deployment-on-machine-group-v0?view=azure-pipelines

    It has a flag called RemoveAdditionalFilesFlag. Its a boolean flag. According to the flag description from documentation - it is supposed to "Remove Additional Files at Destination". By default the value for this flag is false. So the deployment wont remove any additional files present on the server that was not present in the currently deployed deployment.

    I believe this is the flag you are looking for.

    Let me know If this works for you.

    Hope this helps you.
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Lohith_GN
Copper Contributor
Oct 07, 2022
Need to know couple of inputs:
- Are you using YAML way of using the CI/CD or the classic?
- whats the target of your deployment - App Service or VM?
- What task are you using to do the deployment in your pipeline? Can you describe your deployment steps in detail
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    DarrenMArdex
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 07, 2022

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply. Apologies, wasn't sure what detail I needed to include.

     

    We are using a YAML file to define the pipeline steps. It is deploying to a VM. 

     

    Deployment steps are as follows:

     

    - stage: Deploy
  displayName: Deploy to IIS
  dependsOn: Build
  jobs:
  - deployment: DeploytoIIS
    displayName: Deploy the web application to dev environment
    environment:
      name: Development-env-02
      resourceType: VirtualMachine
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: DownloadBuildArtifacts@0
            inputs:
              buildType: 'current'
              downloadType: 'specific'
              downloadPath: '$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)'
          - task: IISWebAppDeploymentOnMachineGroup@0
            displayName: 'Deploy IIS Website'
            inputs:
              WebSiteName: '$(websiteName)'
              Package: '$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)\**\Zeus.zip'

     

    So maybe there is a clean step we can include?

     

    • Lohith_GN's avatar
      Lohith_GN
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 07, 2022
      Thanks for the details.

      Take a look at the task documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/iisweb-app-deployment-on-machine-group-v0?view=azure-pipelines

      It has a flag called RemoveAdditionalFilesFlag. Its a boolean flag. According to the flag description from documentation - it is supposed to "Remove Additional Files at Destination". By default the value for this flag is false. So the deployment wont remove any additional files present on the server that was not present in the currently deployed deployment.

      I believe this is the flag you are looking for.

      Let me know If this works for you.

      Hope this helps you.
      • DarrenMArdex's avatar
        DarrenMArdex
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 10, 2022
        That looks to be exactly what I want. Will give it a try, thanks!

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