parameters: WorkingDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)' RemoteRepo: 'origin' DefaultBranchVariableName: DefaultBranch steps: - pwsh: | $setDefaultBranch = (git remote show ${{ parameters.RemoteRepo }} | Out-String) -replace "(?ms).*HEAD branch: (\w+).*", '$1' if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Write-Host "Not able to fetch the default branch from git command. Set to main." $setDefaultBranch = 'main' } Write-Host "Setting ${{ parameters.DefaultBranchVariableName }}=$setDefaultBranch" Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=${{ parameters.DefaultBranchVariableName }}]$setDefaultBranch" displayName: "Setup Default Branch" workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.workingDirectory }} ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true