Azure-Devops on Brandon Pugh's Blog

Auto add pull request reviewers

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Today I learned that Azure DevOps lets you automatically include reviewers for a pull request if modifies certain files.

This is very similar to Github’s code owners file with the key difference being that you configure it through the repo setting in Azure DevOps instead of committing a file.

I find this very useful for example if you’re a Front End Architect who wants to be aware of any changes to the UI or if you’re a DBA who wants to review any database migrations.

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Conditional logic in pipelines YAML

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Today I learned that you can have conditional expressions in Azure Pipelines YAML files:

steps:
- script: tool
  env:
    ${{ if parameters.debug }}:
      TOOL_DEBUG: true
      TOOL_DEBUG_DIR: _dbg
    ${{ else }}:
      TOOL_DEBUG: false
      TOOL_DEBUG_DIR: _dbg

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Highlight text in markdown

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I just learned that you can highlight text in PR descriptions and comments on Azure devops by using the <mark> element in your markdown:

<mark>Notice this!</mark>

I don’t think I was even aware of the mark html element even though it’s been around for a while now.

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Press `ctrl+enter` to submit a comment on Azure DevOps

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Pressing ctrl+enter in a comment field on Azure DevOps will submit the comment! For some reason, this isn’t listed on their keyboard shortcuts page but it’s so much nicer than using the mouse or pressing tab four times.

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