How to configure deployment for a specific branch in different repositories

Question

My project structure which I can't change now is as follows:

Dev repository

* master
* feature1
* feature2
* feature...

Production repository

* master

And the deployment flow is as follows:

* Feature is merged into Dev repository master
* PR is created from Dev repository master to Production repository master
* Server git deployment script is triggered by a webhook.
* Each instance is fetching changes from git

The question:

I want to change the deployment to a Bitbucket Deployments in a pipeline. I know I can make a pipeline step per branch, but can I do the same per repository? If no, how to archive Bitbucket Deployments the most reliable way.

Jeroen De Raedt · Answer

Right, I see. Unfortunately Bitbucket Pipelines only supports workflows per repository at the moment.

There is a feature request open for this, you can check it here: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/13232/trigger-downstream-builds

Artur Stępień · Answer

Thanks for the reference but The problem is that my master for production is on a separate repository. I need to use deployment:production only on production repository and stagging/testing deployment on a development repository (both production and development repositories have a master branch). So is there a way to write steps PER repository too.

Jeroen De Raedt · Answer

Hey @Artur Stępień,

Bitbucket Pipelines enables you to configure different pipelines for specific branches. See for some examples here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/branch-workflows-856697482.html

You can easily extend this workflow to integrate with Bitbucket Deployments as well, by adding 'deployment: production' to your deployment step. See this page for more info: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/bitbucket-deployments-940695276.html