File content to Variable: Files that include `r fails to convert to multiline variable

[petero-dk]

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Extension

• Extension: File content to Variable
• Version: latest

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a file that contains \r\n new lines (specifically the VSTS extension Generate Release Notes from Build does this)
2. Load it into a variable
3. See everything goes haywire

Expected behavior A variable that contains a nice multi line string

Situation (please complete the following information):

I managed to fix it by loading the file via a powershell script instead, the script looks like this.

# Read the contents of the file into a variable
$fileContent = Get-Content -Path "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/ReleaseNotes.md" -Raw

# Set the file content as a pipeline variable

$fileContent = $fileContent -replace "`r", ""
$fileContent = $fileContent -replace "`n", "%0D%0A"
Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ReleaseNotes2]$fileContent"

# Print the file content (optional)
Write-Output "File Content: $fileContent"
Write-Output "Done"

[maikvandergaag]

@petero-dk: What was your configuration of the task?

[github-actions[bot]]

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