Trigger Build Based on Label/Tag – VSTS/TFS

You might want to trigger a build for a team foundation version control (TFVC) Label applied previously or if you are using Git version control for a Tag. Git tags are quite nicely supported in TFS/VSTS web Interface, but Label in TFVC is still only manageable with the  Source Control explorer of Visual Studio. There is a user voice request to enable web experience for TFVC Labels, which you can also vote for . Let’s explore how to trigger build based on Tag or Label with VSTS/TFS.

Git

If you are using Git version control you can use the tag as shown below.

Tag in commit

Selecting Tag when queuing build

Getting the source by tag for build

Build done for tag

TFVC

TFVC is not supporting label in Code tab of web interface. But it is supported in Visual Studio.

Queuing a build for code in TFVC label should be prefixed by ‘L’.

For the label "TFVCSampleLabel" a build is queued like shown below

Build done for Label