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ebenezer.ikonne

16 May, 2014 04:59 PM

Hi -

I am confused about the usage of the build matrix feature that is present in the Environments pane of a build project and Configuration option in the Build pane of a Build project. I've read the document and really don't know how to they interplay.

Can you provide some additional guidance on how those sections are supposed to be used?

Thanks!

1. 1 Posted by ebenezer.ikonne on 16 May, 2014 05:17 PM

   

   Probably should clarify and say that I'm really not clear on the "Add Build Matrix Group" for environment variables.

   Thanks.

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2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 16 May, 2014 11:56 PM

   

   This means you can add not a single environment variable to build matrix's dimension, but few. For example consider the following example:

   configuration:
     - debug
     - release
   
   environment:
     matrix:
       - db: mysql
         provider: ADO
       - db: mssql
         provider: EF
   

   The following matrix will be created:

   • configuration=debug;db=mysql;provider=ADO
   • configuration=debug;db=mssql;provider=EF
   • configuration=release;db=mysql;provider=ADO
   • configuration=release;db=mssql;provider=EF

   Variables in the same group are treated as a one piece.

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3. 3 Posted by ebenezer.ikonne on 18 May, 2014 01:13 AM

   

   That makes sense.

   However, are the variables "db" and "provider" standard? Is there a list
   of those?

   Thanks.

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 18 May, 2014 02:14 AM

   

   Oh, you can use any variables - those "db" and "provider" are just examples.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 18 May, 2014 02:16 AM

   

   Like here for example its node.js version to test against: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/appveyor.yml

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6. 6 Posted by ebenezer.ikonne on 18 May, 2014 10:50 AM

   

   Ok. But ultimately, its just variable declarations to be (possibly) used
   later on in the build, right?

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 18 May, 2014 02:15 PM

   

   Correct.

   On Sunday, May 18, 2014, ebenezer.ikonne <
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