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

Question

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

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '16 at 07:00

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

VCS trigger branch filter:

+:*  
-:<default>

edited Jun 23 '16 at 07:00

Matt Kocaj

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answered Sep 17 '15 at 13:52

Alina Mishina

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The pushing a feature branch triggers a build, but so does pushing the development branch – Fran Hoey Sep 17 '15 at 15:16
Sorry, I edited formatting in my answer. Does it work? – Alina Mishina Sep 17 '15 at 16:21
Yes, that did it. I'd tried the -:<default> on it's own, but not the +:*. Thank you – Fran Hoey Sep 18 '15 at 09:14
Is `` meant to be written verbatim, or should i put in for instance `-:/refs/heads/development`? – oligofren Aug 17 '17 at 09:59
Would be helpful to support explicit path/branch triggers than having to rely on explicit exceptions. – bvj Feb 27 '18 at 05:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '18 at 07:33

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

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

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