New pipeline yaml file in a feature branch with a custom pipeline is not available to run

[Jay Seletz]

I have a repo that previously did not have pipelines enabled.  I have added a pipeline yaml file containing a single custom pipeline in a feature branch (master branch is the "Main branch" and does not have a pipeline yaml).  I subsequently enabled pipelines in the repo settings.  When I go to the Pipelines view in the UI, it still tells me I need to configure a pipeline.  I usually can run it from the feature branch to test before merging to the main branch, but I'm not able to do so.  Toggling the repo setting to enable the pipeline has had no effect.

[Jay Seletz · Accepted solution]

Worked around by adding a "dummy" default pipeline that does nothing.  This caused the pipeline UI to show the pipeline view and not the "Create your first pipeline" page, and allow me to run my custom pipeline.