PublishBuildArtifacts: Not useable for single file copy

[snewz]

Type: Bug

Environment

Azure DevOps Server version: Azure DevOps Server 2020 Update 1
PublishBuildArtifacts version: 1.158.3
Agent version: 2.187.2

Issue Description

The help text of "Path to publish" in PublishBuildArtifacts task says: "The folder or file path to publish."

Actual: When specifying a single file in PublishBuildArtifacts all other subdirectories in source location are copied to destination.
Expected: Only the specified file is copied to destination.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a task:
   
2. Run the build

Task logs

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Task         : Publish build artifacts
Description  : Publish build artifacts to Azure Pipelines or a Windows file share
Version      : 1.158.3
Author       : Microsoft Corporation
Help         : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/publish-build-artifacts
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robocopy.exe /E /COPY:DA /NP /R:3 "d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex" "\\SomeServer\Doxygen\ProjName\BuildNumber\API-Documentation.pdf" "refman.pdf"

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   ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows                              
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  Started : Montag, 21. Juni 2021 07:00:42
   Source : d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\
     Dest : \\SomeServer\Doxygen\ProjName\BuildNumber\API-Documentation.pdf\

    Files : refman.pdf
	    
  Options : /S /E /DCOPY:DA /COPY:DAT /NP /R:3 /W:30 

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	                   1	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\
	    New File  		  702008	refman.pdf
	  New Dir          0	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\d0\
	  New Dir          0	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\d0\d00\
	  New Dir          0	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\d0\d01\
	  New Dir          0	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\d0\d02\
	  New Dir          0	d:\SoDox\Project\0.0.0.1\latex\d0\d03\
[...]

Explanation

Due to the hardcoded /E option in Invoke-Robocopy.ps1 single file copy is not performed as expected.

[anatolybolshakov]

Hey @snewz the related fix has been rolled out for this feature - closing this one at the moment. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[snewz]

Thanks for the update and the fix :-)