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Fetch Base Branch

A Buildkite plugin for fetching the base branch post-checkout. This allows for more sophisticated diffs in PRs.

Options

This plugin currently does not offer any options.

Examples

Show how your plugin is to be used

steps:
  - label: "🔨 Running plugin"
    command: "echo template plugin"
    plugins:
      - template#v1.0.0:

Compatibility

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  • ✅ Fully supported (all combinations of attributes have been tested to pass)
  • ⚠️ Partially supported (some combinations cause errors/issues)
  • ❌ Not supported

⚒ Developing

You can use the bk cli to run the pipeline locally:

bk local run

👩‍💻 Contributing

Feel free to open any issues or PRs.

📜 License

The package is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

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