How to synchronize VSTS and Github respositories when commits are made
Solution 1:
First create a new build on VSTS that is using the repository that should be synced from VSTS:
add two CMD tasks that will run some git commands.
where the last of the two needs a personal access token from Github.
In the images both CMD tasks uses the GIT tool and the following two commands:
pull https://github.com/s-innovations/MessageProcessor.ServiceFabric.git master
and
push https://$(githubpersonaltoken)@github.com/s-innovations/MessageProcessor.ServiceFabric.git head:master
Enable the CI option to trigger the build to run whenever something is commited to master.
Now the same can be done the other way, where a new build is made the same way but with the urls changed to target visual studio online repository.
Do note that when using personal tokens on vsts the authentication part of the url needs to be https://:token@ and on github its just https://token@.
push https://$(vstspersonaltoken)@sinnovations.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/S-Innovations%20MessageProcessor/_git/messageprocessor-service-fabric head:master
Update AUG 2017
They changed it at VSTS, such if the colon is present it will fail auth. The above description have been updated.
Solution 2:
For anyone wanna sync all branches from Github to VSTS by using powershell
You need to create a repo in VSTS with the same name in Github first.
Add a PowerShell process as the following script. It should work with any account and repo.
git branch -r | findstr /v "\->" | ForEach-Object {$br=$_.TrimStart(); git branch --track $br.TrimStart("origin/") $br}
$repoName = "$env:BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME".split('/')[1]
$repoUri = "$env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI".Substring(8)+ "_git/$repoName"
git remote add vsts "https://$env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN@$repoUri"
git branch -r | findstr /v "\->" | ForEach-Object { $br=$_.TrimStart(" origin/"); git push -u vsts $br }