azuredevops_variable_group doesn't allow for no variables as documented.

[derekwilliamsliquidx]

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Terraform (and Azure DevOps Provider) Version

• Terraform v1.0.4 on Linux
• Azure DevOps Provider: 0.1.6

Affected Resource(s)

• azuredevops_variable_group

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "azuredevops_variable_group" "variablegroup" {
  count        = length(local.workspace["variable_groups"])
  project_id   = azuredevops_project.project.id
  name         = "${local.workspace["project_name"]}-${local.workspace["variable_groups"][count.index]}"
  description  = "Generic environment based variable Group"
  allow_access = true

}

Debug Output

Not adding for security reasons

Panic Output

• N/A

Expected Behavior

Variable group is created without any variables added

Actual Behavior

╷ │ Error: Insufficient variable blocks │ │ on ado_variable_group.tf line 1, in resource "azuredevops_variable_group" "variablegroup": │ 1: resource "azuredevops_variable_group" "variablegroup" { │ │ At least 1 "variable" blocks are required.

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform plan

Important Factoids

• N/A

References

• No

[derekwilliamsliquidx]

I have a feature branch to update the docs and mark variable block as optional. I'm unable to push a feature branch though.

[xuzhang3]

@derekwilliamsliquidx You can submit a pull request to this repo.