azure devops - How to sync repo in bitbucket to Visual studio team service?

Question

I am very new to VSTS platform. In one of my project, I am trying to integrate the bitbucket source control to VSTS. By this way I should be able to see the updates made on bitbucket onto the VSTS account.

I have tried creating build on VSTS, but that only shows the commits history of the selected repository of bitbucket.

Is there a way to manage all the bitbucket changes on VSTS as source control?

Answer 1

To sync changes from bitbucket repo to VSTS git repo automatically, you can achieve it by using a VSTS build definition. Detail steps as below:

1. Create a build definition with Bitbucket repo

When creating a VSTS build definition -> Select the Bitbucket repo you want to sync -> create.

2. Enable continuous integration

In the build definition -> Triggers Tab -> Enable continuous integration -> Include all branches with *.

3. Add PowerShell task with the script to sync bitbucket repo with VSTS git repo

Add a PowerShell task with below script:

if ( $(git remote) -contains 'vsts' )
{git remote rm vsts
echo 'remove remote vsts'
}

$branch="$(Build.SourceBranch)".replace("refs/heads/","")
git remote add vsts https://Personal%20Access%20Token:PAT@account.visualstudio.com/project/_git/repo
git checkout $branch
git push vsts $branch -f

For the detail steps to add and config the PowerShell task as below:

Edit your build definition -> Click + to add a task for your agent phase -> Search powershell task -> click Add -> click the PowerShell task you added -> select Inline type -> then add your powershell script in the Script option -> Save build definition.

Now no matter which branch is updated in your bitbucket repo, VSTS git repo will be synced automatically.

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Yo sync changes from VSTS git repo to bitbucket repo, you can create another CI build to achieve it. Detail steps as below:

1. Create a CI build with VSTS git repo

2. Enable continuous integration 3. Add a PowerShell task with below aspects

if ( $(git remote) -contains 'bitbucket' )
{git remote rm bitbucket
echo 'remove remote bitbucket'
}

git remote add bitbucket https://username:password@bitbucket.org/username/repo.git 
$branch="$(Build.SourceBranch)".replace("refs/heads/","")
git checkout $branch
git push bitbucket $branch -f