How to pass bitbucket-pipelines variables to windows runner pipeline

Question

Hello,

I am having an issue with setting up a build in a self hosted windows runner. This is what we have described in bitbucket-pypelines.yml

- step:
  runs-on:
    - self.hosted
    - windows
  name: Build
  script:
    - $version = (Get-Date).ToString("MM-dd") + "." + $BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER + "-demo-" + $BITBUCKET_BRANCH
    - Write-Output $version

The output for version is:

06-09.-demo-

when we expect to get something like this:

06-09.150-demo-BRANCH-10

The default Bitbucket variables are not passed and thus are empty.

We have also tried writing the script like, but it also did not work:

- $version = (Get-Date).ToString("MM-dd") + "." + ${BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER} + "-demo-" + ${BITBUCKET_BRANCH}

Is there a proper way on how to pass those pipelines variables, and if yes, how can I do that?

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Steve,

I'm glad this was helpful. I have raised this with the team that maintains the documentation.

Kind regards,
Theodora

Steve Hills · Answer

This was very helpful. It should be documented here.

https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/variables-and-secrets/

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi @Julius Sirutis,

Windows Runners run directly on Powershell so you need to use different syntax for referencing variables.

I have tested the following and it seems to work ok:

- $version = (Get-Date).ToString("MM-dd") + "." + $env:BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER + "-demo-" + $env:BITBUCKET_BRANCH

Could you give it a try and let me know if it works for you as well?

Kind regards,
Theodora