🚀 Understanding the DevOps Build and Release Process in Azure Pipelines
Modern software development relies heavily on automation, collaboration, and structured delivery processes. Tools like Git , GitHub , Azure Repos , and Azure DevOps help teams efficiently manage code, build applications, and deliver them to production environments through CI/CD pipelines. 1️⃣ Source Code Management Developers write and manage code using a distributed version control system like Git. The code is stored in a central repository such as GitHub or Azure Repos. Each developer clones the repository locally , works on new features or bug fixes, and commits changes frequently . These changes are then pushed to the central repository (origin) so the rest of the team can access them. To organize work effectively, developers create branches for features, fixes, or experiments. Once the work is complete and reviewed, branches are merged into the main codebase , ensuring the primary branch always contains stable code. 2️⃣ Continuous Integration – Build Process Whenever new code i...