Azure Repos for source control - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Azure Repos for Source Control

📖 Scenario: You are working on a small team project. To keep your code safe and organized, you want to use Azure Repos for source control. This will help you save your code online, track changes, and collaborate with your teammates easily.

🎯 Goal: Set up a basic Azure Repos repository with an initial README file, configure a branch policy, and create a pull request to merge changes. This will simulate a simple source control workflow using Azure Repos.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a new Azure Repos repository named TeamProjectRepo

Add a README.md file with the exact content: # Team Project Repository

Create a branch policy that requires at least one reviewer before merging to main

Create a pull request from a feature branch named feature/update-readme to main

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Teams use Azure Repos to safely store and manage their code, track changes, and collaborate on software projects.

💼 Career

Understanding Azure Repos is essential for developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud professionals working in Microsoft Azure environments.

1

Create Azure Repos repository with README

Create a new Azure Repos repository called TeamProjectRepo. Add a file named README.md with the exact content # Team Project Repository in the root folder.

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# Your code here to create repository and add README.md

Need a hint?

Think of the repository as a folder online. The README.md is a simple text file that describes your project.

2

Configure branch policy for main branch

Add a branch policy to the main branch of TeamProjectRepo that requires at least one reviewer before any pull request can be completed.

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repository:
  name: TeamProjectRepo
  files:
    - path: README.md
      content: "# Team Project Repository"
# Add branch policy for main branch below

Need a hint?

Branch policies help keep your main code safe by requiring someone to check changes before merging.

3

Create feature branch and update README

Create a new branch called feature/update-readme from main. In this branch, update the README.md file by adding a new line exactly: Updated README for team collaboration.

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repository:
  name: TeamProjectRepo
  files:
    - path: README.md
      content: "# Team Project Repository"
# Create feature branch and update README.md below

Need a hint?

Branches let you work on changes without affecting the main code. Updating README.md shows your change.

4

Create pull request to merge feature branch

Create a pull request from the branch feature/update-readme to main in TeamProjectRepo. The pull request should have the title Update README for collaboration and description This PR updates the README to improve team communication.

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repository:
  name: TeamProjectRepo
  files:
    - path: README.md
      content: |
        # Team Project Repository
        Updated README for team collaboration.
# Create pull request below

Need a hint?

A pull request asks your team to review and accept your changes into the main code.