How to push build artifacts to Git repository using PowerShell script during Azure DevOps build?

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I am new to Azure DevOps and learning and want to push a file from builds artifact directory to git repository. I am using this inline PowerShell script to do so:

Write-Host "Hello World"
write-host " Staging directory "$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)
git config --global user.email <useremail>
git config --global user.name <username>
git status
$CurrentPath = Get-Location
write-host "current path" $CurrentPath
$PackagePath =new-item -type directory $(get-date -f MM-dd-yyyy_HH_mm_ss)
$PackageZipPath = "$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\<artifact to be copied>"
Copy-Item $PackageZipPath -Destination $PackagePath 
git add .
git commit -m "Adding file"
git push origin master
git status
write-host "Package Uploaded to GitHub"

But I am getting this error and not able to push the file in repo:

fatal: could not read Password for 'https://<username>@dev.azure.com': terminal prompts disabled

Am I missing the obvious? How should I use PAT/Password to authenticate?

First I would wonder why you want to commit your build artifact to source control. Then I would suggest you mark the option that scripts are allowed to access the OAuth token. See this answer and this Azure document. — Josh Gust
– Josh Gust, Commented Apr 19, 2019 at 13:44
You should not be putting build outputs in source control under any circumstances. Use the Publish Build Artifacts task, or turn the artifact into a package (i.e. a NuGet package) and push it to an artifacts feed. — Daniel Mann
– Daniel Mann, Commented Apr 19, 2019 at 13:46
I think this walkthrough is what you want to do so that you don't end up putting passwords or PATs in your pipeline. Again, if you have a use case where putting build artifacts in source control provides value, you have a broken process and need to rethink why you need this. — Josh Gust
– Josh Gust, Commented Apr 19, 2019 at 13:55

Shayki Abramczyk · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-22 14:04:46Z

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It's not recommended to store artifacts in Git!

But if you must to do it and you want the push will work, so in the git push line put the username & password:

git push https://username:[email protected]/repo.git master

In the azure-devops.com/repo.git put the repo url (it's replace the origin).

You can also use PAT (instead of username & password) in this way:

git push https://Personal%20Access%20Token:{TokenHere}@azure-devops.com/repo.git master

edited Apr 22, 2019 at 14:04

answered Apr 19, 2019 at 13:44

Shayki Abramczyk

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