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mark-jones
Copper Contributor
Jun 21, 2023

How to make an azure devops pipeline check that a feature branch is update to date with develop?

Does anyone know if its possible to have an azure devops pipeline check that a feature branch is up-to-date with a deploy branch, e.g Develop? I know this is possible with Github pipelines, but could someone tell me if this is feasible in Azure pipelines and how I would do this.  Thank you for your help.

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  • Kidd_Ip's avatar
    Kidd_Ip
    MVP
    Sep 15, 2025

    How about this, to check for merge base difference:

     

    steps:
- script: |
    git fetch origin develop
    BASE=$(git merge-base HEAD origin/develop)
    if [ "$BASE" != "$(git rev-parse origin/develop)" ]; then
      echo "Your branch is not up-to-date with develop."
      exit 1
    else
      echo "Branch is up-to-date with develop."
    fi
  displayName: 'Check if branch is up-to-date with develop'

     

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