[Question]: Disable auto builds for all Pull Requests

[StefanMaron]

Question

I did search through the various documentation files and trough open and closed issues, but did not find an answer to this question.

Is is possible to disable the automatic builds on all pull request entirely? I would still like to have the checks in place but I want to start the build manually once all changes are checken in. If the build is automatically started on any push, it consumes a lot of minutes which is not needed.

The only thing I found was CICDPullRequestBranches which I could set to [] I assume, but I am not sure if that will have the desired effect.

[freddydk]

We have been talking about not running builds while PRs are in Draft mode - but I don't think it ever made it in
Would this be what you are looking for?

[StefanMaron]

It would be, but draft PRs are not always available for private Repos.

[StefanMaron]

Update: CICDPullRequestBranches: [] does not change anything, tested via ALGOORGSETTINGS

[freddydk]

I think that an empty branches setting will cause it to become the default.

You could set the CICDPullRequestBranches to [ "dummy" ] - and then, it will only build PRs targeting the dummy branch (i.e. never)

Alternatively, you could keep the default and create a dev branch and a staging branch.
PR open from dev to staging.
PR open from staging to main
When you are done developing you merge into staging and now the builds will start.

[StefanMaron]

You could set the CICDPullRequestBranches to [ "dummy" ] - and then, it will only build PRs targeting the dummy branch (i.e. never)

This does not seem to work either. I might just not create a PR until the branch is ready.
But the Draft PR approach would probably be the best solution. Maybe you could add an option to not start the builds for "regular" PRs that have [Draft] at the beginning of the title :)

[freddydk]

Did you run Update AL-Go System Files after creating the setting?

I did - and it works for me:

BusinessCentralApps/GHP-W1#9