Download pipeline artifact breaks folder structure when downloading pipeline artifact

[leinoaa]

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Type: Bug

Enter Task Name: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2

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https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/tree/master/Tasks

Environment

• Server - Azure Pipelines

• Agent - Private Windows agent, agent version 2.165.0

Issue Description

If you are downloading a pipeline artifact (from another pipeline) and the name of the artifact is used in the folder structure of the artifact, it can cause the following issues.

Folder level removed, file renamed:

Solutions/ThisIsAnArtifactName/url.runsettings
-> Solutions/ThisIsAnurl.runsettings

Folder level removed:
Solutions/ThisIsAnArtifactName/Obj/...
-> Solutions/ThisIsAnObj/...

So it seems that the 'artifact name' is deleted from the folder structure, which may result in lost folder-levels or changed folder names and changed file names. And the breaking only happens for only the folder that has similarities with the artifact name, rest of the folders stay as they should. Also if you check the built artifact, there the folder structure is correct. So the copying breaks it.

Task logs

No logs, just observed functionality from the result.

Troubleshooting

Checkout how to troubleshoot failures and collect debug logs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/build-release/actions/troubleshooting

Error logs

No logs, just observed functionality from the result.

[github-actions]

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[CorrenSoft]

I have experienced this bug today. One of the folders has the same name as the generated artifact, and when it is downloaded the folder just disappears.

Example:
Orginal path: SomeName/internalFolder/SomeName/SomeFile.md
Downloaded path: ../SomeName/internalFolder/SomeFile.md

This happens when using the DownloadPipelineArtifact@2 task, not with the shortcut (download).

Could be this reopened?

[joshmurari]

This issue is still present and needs to be reopened.

[abatishchev]

@leinoaa please see if you can reopen the issue.

[leinoaa]

FYI, as the latest even shows, opened new issue #16522. Also, as I didn't initially get any updates to this, I started using a workaround..