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## Context As part of the tarball generation process, [we are bringing in some text-only packages](https://github.com/dotnet/installer/blob/fa9377fa69020dffa5900510acad614fa3ba1a7a/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets#L282). We need to bake this step into the VMR assembly process so that these...

## Context As part of the tarball generation process, [we are generating files](https://github.com/dotnet/installer/blob/fa9377fa69020dffa5900510acad614fa3ba1a7a/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets#L60) that contain information about the source (for sourcelink purposes). We need to bake this step into the...

When you define a template, it would be nice you could also get a way to reference/include it for free with strong typing. Example template: ```csharp class InstallDotNetTemplate : StepTemplateDefinition...

Preserve order of properties in YAML

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### Context Now, when we generate YAML, the order of properties is set by the `YamlOrder` attribute or just by the way the members are defined in C#. ### Proposal...

Create .NET template for Sharpliner projects

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Not 100% sure how it works but it should be possible to create a dotnet template and then create pipeline projects fast: ``` dotnet new sharpliner ... ``` https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/custom-templates

It seems the schema is somehow different so we need to update the task. I've tried to download artifacts from a specific build and the produced YAML wasn't valid as...

Validate YAML pipeline based on the JSON schema

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Schema: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-vscode/blob/main/service-schema.json We can validate this in different stages of serialization, publishing or just our tests

Improve assembly loading to get type matching

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We should load the user's assembly into the correct binding context so that we can cast into a `Definition` type and call `Publish` or `Validate` directly. Not sure if it...

Create a full Azure DevOps pipeline definition example

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We should have somewhere a large pipeline definition that would showcase how to run all of the different parts of the pipeline since it might not be clear to everyone...

In a template expression, for instance, you can use `Build.SourceBranch` but not anything agent specific (since template expressions are evaluated before the first job is sent to an agent). Can...