Changing the file attribute in azuredevops_git_repository_file will not delete and create the old file without changing the ressource name

[philippfrenzel]

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Terraform (and Azure DevOps Provider) Version

Task : Terraform Description : Execute terraform commands to manage resources on AzureRM, Amazon Web Services(AWS) and Google Cloud Platform(GCP) Version : 4.238.25 Author : Microsoft Corporation Help : Learn more about this task

Affected Resource(s)

resource "azuredevops_git_repository" "synapse_backend" {
  project_id     = data.azuredevops_project.workbench.id
  name           = "dap-synapse-backend"
  default_branch = "refs/heads/main"
  initialization {
    init_type = "Clean"
  }
  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [
      initialization,
    ]
  }
}


resource "azuredevops_git_repository_file" "default_synapse_yml_testdir" {
  count               = length(azuredevops_git_repository.synapse_backend)
  repository_id       = azuredevops_git_repository.synapse_backend.id
  file                = "testdir/azure-pipelines.yml"
  content             = file("${path.module}/assets/syn-release.yml")
  branch              = "refs/heads/main"
  commit_message      = "Add Azure-pipelines in a new folder.yml"
  overwrite_on_create = true

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [
      file,
      content,
      commit_message
    ]
  }
}

• azuredevops_1.1.11

Terraform Configuration Files

see above

Debug Output

Non, says it worked, but didn't

Expected Behavior

Move a file from one directory to another

Actual Behavior

File keeps untouched

Steps to Reproduce

Modify e.g. the filename from test.yml to testtwo.yml without changing anything else within your terraform.

1. terraform apply