Where is $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) in Azure DevOps Pipeline

Question

I'm trying to publish junit.xml test results in an Azure DevOps pipeline but the task isn't finding it.

What would the path be from $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)

to the generated junit.xml after running an npm test task?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '19 at 19:19

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you could use this glob pattern to scan all the folders: **/junit.xml.

that being said System.DefaultWorkingDirectory is the local path on the agent where your source code files are downloaded. so, root of the repo, effectively.

answered Mar 15 '19 at 19:19

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Typically after about an hour I figured it out just before the answer: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/InspectionWeb/ClientApp/src – davy Mar 15 '19 at 19:24
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Thanks for the glob pattern too :) – davy Mar 15 '19 at 19:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '23 at 12:55

I personally find these commands very useful when working out where in the hierarchy you are:

    - powershell: "Write-Output 'System.DefaultWorkingDirectory: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'"
    - script: dir $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)
    - script: dir $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/xxx/yyy

Then you can inspect these tasks and see what the output is...

Where is $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory) in Azure DevOps Pipeline

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