---
title: "Azure Pipelines"
weight: 20
---

GoReleaser can also be used within our official [GoReleaser Extensions for Azure
DevOps][goreleaser-extension] through [Visual Studio marketplace][marketplace].

### Task definition

```yaml
- task: goreleaser@0
  inputs:
    version: "latest"
    distribution: "goreleaser"
    args: ""
    workdir: "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)"
```

### Task inputs

Following inputs can be used:

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| Name                | Type   | Default                     | Description                                                      |
| ------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `distribution`      | String | `goreleaser`                | GoReleaser distribution, either `goreleaser` or `goreleaser-pro` |
| `version`[^version] | String | `latest`                    | GoReleaser version                                               |
| `args`              | String |                             | Arguments to pass to GoReleaser                                  |
| `workdir`           | String | `$(Build.SourcesDirectory)` | Working directory (below repository root)                        |
| `installOnly`       | Bool   | `false`                     | Just install GoReleaser                                          |

[^version]:
    Can be a fixed version like `v1.10.0` or a max satisfying semver one
    like `~> v1.10`. In this case this will return the latest patch release of
    `v1.10`. For the `pro` version, add `-pro` to the string

### Task environment variables

```yaml

---
variables:
  - name: GORELEASER_KEY
    value: xxx
---
or short:
---
variables:
  GORELEASER_KEY: xxx
```

Following environment variables can be used, as environment variable.

| Name             | Description                                                                                                                                |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `GITHUB_TOKEN`   | [GITHUB_TOKEN](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token) for e.g. `brew` |
| `GORELEASER_KEY` | Your [GoReleaser Pro](https://goreleaser.com/pro) License Key, in case you are using the `goreleaser-pro` distribution                     |

### Example pipeline

Generally there are two ways to define an [Azure Pipeline](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/pipelines/):
Classic pipelines defined in the UI or YAML pipelines.

Here is how to do it with YAML:

```yaml
# customize trigger to your needs
trigger:
  branches:
    include:
      - main
      - refs/tags/*

variables:
  GO_VERSION: "1.27"

pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

jobs:
  - job: Test
    steps:
      - task: GoTool@0
        inputs:
          version: "$(GO_VERSION)"
        displayName: Install Go

      - bash: go test ./...
        displayName: Run Go Tests

  - job: Release
    # only runs if Test was successful
    dependsOn: Test
    # only runs if pipeline was triggered from a branch.
    condition: and(succeeded(), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags'))
    steps:
      - task: GoTool@0
        inputs:
          version: "$(GO_VERSION)"
        displayName: Install Go

      - task: goreleaser@0
        inputs:
          version: "latest"
          distribution: "goreleaser"
          args: ""
          workdir: "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)"
```

In this example a `Test` job is used to run `go test ./...` to first make sure that there're no failing tests. Only if
that job succeeds and the pipeline was triggered from a tag (because of the defined `condition`) GoReleaser will be run.

[goreleaser-extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GoReleaser.goreleaser
[marketplace]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/azuredevops
