How to get TeamCity Build trigger filter to build feature branches but not default branch

Question

I've created a Team City build to build the feature branches:

Default Branch: refs/heads/development Branch Specification: refs/heads/feature/*

I have a vcs trigger so it builds for every git push. But I don't want it to build when someone pushes to the development branch.

I have tried playing with the branch filter in the trigger, but either features and development build on push, or none of them do.

I'm using TC 9.1.1

Hornblende

Answer 1

Try the following settings:
Default Branch: refs/heads/development
Branch Specification: +:refs/heads/feature/*

VCS trigger branch filter:

+:*  
-:<default>

Affranchise

Yes, that did it. I'd tried the -:<default> on it's own, but not the +:*. Thank you – Hornblende

Is <default> meant to be written verbatim, or should i put in for instance -:/refs/heads/development? – Fix

Would be helpful to support explicit path/branch triggers than having to rely on explicit exceptions. – Jamikajamil

Answer 2

We are using TC 2017.2 and had the same problem. We could disable the automatic triggering, but you could still start it by hand, which is annoying as it will keep a build agent occupied for nothing.

Then we found out we have the option to disable the actual build of a feature branch. If you go to Version Control Settings there is a Default Branch Settings section.

More info here

Elgon