[azure-pipelines] exclude path not working

[Raffaello]

on triggers and PR the exclude path is misconfigured (or not working).

for eg changing the README or appveyor file will trigger the pipelines, when should not.

[Raffaello]

from the documentation should be configured properly. wouldn't be a bug in azure devops? 🤔 or it is a special case when is root file?

ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/github?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml#paths

[Raffaello]

it seems more the behavior of azure PR trigger is considering all the file changed in the commits of that specific PR, so cannot really work as intended.....

reported here:

• https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-yaml/issues/366
• https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/1046653/azure-pipelines-triggers-pathsexclude-in-pr-is-not.html

[azure pipelines] triggers paths.exclude in PR is not working on a single commit but as the whole PR changes - Developer Community

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[Raffaello]

this is the response, so it seems i misunderstood the meaning of exclude.path and by design won't work on files: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/comments/1047494/view.html

[azure pipelines] triggers paths.exclude in PR is not working on a single commit but as the whole PR changes - Developer Community

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