Third-Party Dependency to another GitHub Repository

[Mkublbock]

We want to extend a app that is located here: https://github.com/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc
We don't want to compile the app and then manually use the .app file in installApps setting. We want the pipeline to always pull the latest release from here: https://github.com/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc/releases/latest. But adding this url to the installApps settings doesn't work. I am guessing that's because the url is not a direct link to an .app file.

So, how can we get the latest release and then use that app in our pipeline?

[mazhelez]

Hey! Have you tried using appDependencyProbingPaths?

[Mkublbock]

I guess it's because AL-GO looks for artifacts within this filter '--Apps-.zip' | '-Apps-*.zip' but the artifact is called Volodymyr.Dvernytskyi_Data.Editor.Tool_4.0.1.0.zip and so it's not found.

Any way to change that?

[Mkublbock]

Do you guys have any idea how to resolve that. We are still facing that issue. The only workaround is to take the .app file and put it in our repo, but that way we don't get any updates on the app

[mazhelez]

Hi @Mkublbock

Thanks for reminding me for this issue, as I completely missed the notifications about it.

Refer to the documentation for appDependencyProbingPaths.
You need to set release_status property to release, as well as the branch property to master.

[Mkublbock]

I updated the appDependencyProbingPaths with release_status release and branch master but it still cannot find the apps. Like mentioned above I think it's because the actual artifact of the release is called
Volodymyr.Dvernytskyi_Data.Editor.Tool_4.1.0.0.zip

but the appDependencyProbingPath is looking for this pattern:
AssetPatterns: '--Apps-*.zip' | '*-Apps-*.zip'
and therefore cannot find it

"appDependencyProbingPaths": [ { "repo": "Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc", "release_status": "release", "branch": "master" } ]

Downloading project dependencies from probing paths
Checking type
Checking appFolders, testFolders and bcptTestFolders
Application Dependency 22.0.0.0
Updating app- and test Dependencies
Analyzing Test App Dependencies
No performance test apps found in bcptTestFolders in .AL-Go\settings.json
Checking appDependencyProbingPaths
Dependency to projects '' in https://github.com/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc@master, version latest, release status release
Using GITHUB_TOKEN for access to repository
Locating Apps artifacts for projects: *
Analyzing releases https://api.github.com/repos/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc/releases
Warning: Some of the release tags cannot be recognized as a semantic version string (https://semver.org/). Using default GitHub sorting for releases, which will not work for release branches
Downloading release v4.1.0.0, projects , type Apps
project ''
AssetPatterns: '--Apps-.zip' | '-Apps-.zip'
Locating Dependencies artifacts for projects: *
Analyzing releases https://api.github.com/repos/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc/releases
Warning: Some of the release tags cannot be recognized as a semantic version string (https://semver.org/). Using default GitHub sorting for releases, which will not work for release branches
Downloading release v4.1.0.0, projects , type Dependencies
project ''
AssetPatterns: '--Dependencies-.zip' | '-Dependencies-.zip'
Locating TestApps artifacts for projects: *
Analyzing releases https://api.github.com/repos/Drakonian/data-editor-for-bc/releases
Warning: Some of the release tags cannot be recognized as a semantic version string (https://semver.org/). Using default GitHub sorting for releases, which will not work for release branches
Downloading release v4.1.0.0, projects , type TestApps
project ''
AssetPatterns: '--TestApps-.zip' | '-TestApps-.zip'
Downloaded dependencies (Apps):

• None
  Downloaded dependencies (Test Apps):
• None

[Mkublbock]

Is there any way we can still do it automatically or do we need to pull manually?