Trigger Azure DevOps Pipeline from a specific path

Question

I'm trying to deploy an webapp to azure app service using azure devops pipelines, I need it to auto trigger pipeline whenever a files changes in m folder.

But my pipeline doesn't auto triggers ....

As I have a folder named calculator App - Python/ that does not match the regular expression and is not valid for trigger type in azure devops pipeline.

I get error: String does not match the pattern of "^[^/~^: []\]+(/[^/~^: []\]+)*$". for below:

trigger:
   branches:
     include:
     - main
   paths:
     include:
     - calculator App - Python/*

I tried below but it didn't worked :

thought wildcard (*) will catch everything including spaces 🙃

trigger:
   branches:
     include:
     - main
   paths:
     include:
     - calculator*App/*

Also, Apologies I do not know if this the right place for Azure DevOps QnA please guide me - I'm Still learning

Thanks

Ananay

Answer 1

Hey @Ananay Ojha

Try using ' or " around the folder name to escape the spaces, e.g.

trigger:
   branches:
     include:
     - main
   paths:
     include:
     - "calculator App - Python"/*