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AppVeyor.yml in generic git repositories

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jared.swarts

28 Jul, 2015 06:32 PM

It seems like from this post that currently only a list of hosted git repositories will allow you to use an appveyor.yml for build configuration. Is there a work around for this if we are, for example, running gitosis?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 29 Jul, 2015 12:10 AM

   

   Hi Jared,

   appveyor.yml contents can be passed in webhook payload provided you can setup POST-RECEIVE hook on git server side: https://github.com/appveyor/webhooks/tree/master/git

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2. 2 Posted by ksykora on 11 Oct, 2016 08:01 PM

   

   Just following up on this... is the content of the payload literally the entire contents of the appveyor.yml or is there a header / footer / other format that needs to go with it?

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3. 3 Posted by ksykora on 11 Oct, 2016 09:13 PM

   

   Figured it out, the payload needs to look like this:

   {
     "ref": "refs/heads/master",
     "before": "refs/heads/master",
     "after": "3d15836d4600970b74bad05e691fea303fec11b6",
     "commits": [
       {
         "author": {
           "name": "Ken Sykora",
           "email": "[email blocked]"
         },
         "id": "3d15836d4600970b74bad05e691fea303fec11b6",
         "timestamp": "2016-10-11T16:08:57-05:00",
         "message": "test5"
       }
     ],
     "head_commit": {
       "author": {
         "name": "Ken Sykora",
         "email": "[email blocked]"
       },
       "id": "3d15836d4600970b74bad05e691fea303fec11b6",
       "timestamp": "2016-10-11T16:08:57-05:00",
       "message": "test5"
     },
     "repository": {
       "name": "web.dotcom"
     },
     "config": "version: 1.0.{build}\nbefore_build:\n- cmd: nuget restore Project.sln\nbuild:\n  project: Project.sln\n  verbosity: minimal"
   }
   

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4. 4 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 11 Oct, 2016 09:16 PM

   

   Good :) Also you may be interesting in watching this https://github.com/appveyor/ci/issues/1089 issue.

   --ilya.

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5. 5 Posted by dragon788 on 07 Dec, 2016 07:29 PM

   

   As updated in that linked issue, you can also use GitHub's Gist or BitBucket's Snippets over HTTPS to host your appveyor.yml. https://github.com/appveyor/ci/issues/1089#issuecomment-265544933

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6. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:09 AM.