[QUESTION] How to update application dependencies in app.json to only major.minor (not build/revision) with AL-Go updateDependencies?

[ivandjordjevic]

We’re using the updateDependencies setting in AL-Go to update the app.json for our apps and specify the correct dependency version. However, the exact version is pulled from the actual BC version used during the CI/CD workflow (where we set the first 26.1 version with "artifact": "//26.1/us/first").

Is there a way for AL-Go to only update the major and minor version (e.g., 26.1.0.0) for dependencies, while keeping build and revision as 0?

For example:

Modifying Dependencies
Application Dependency 26.0.0.0
Set Application dependency to 26.1.33404.33893

To only update major and minor:

Modifying Dependencies
Application Dependency 26.0.0.0
Set Application dependency to 26.1.0.0

[ivandjordjevic]

The Get-BCArtifactUrl is also always returning the more recent version (revisions: 33876 and 33893) than what we have in AppSource at the moment (33834):

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-BCArtifactUrl -select First -country "us" -version 26.1 -type OnPrem
Downloading Platform index to C:\Users\Computer\AppData\Local\Temp\bcContainerHelper.platform.json
Downloading us index to C:\Users\Computer\AppData\Local\Temp\bcContainerHelper.us.json
https://bcartifacts-exdbf9fwegejdqak.b02.azurefd.net/onprem/26.1.33404.33876/us

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-BCArtifactUrl -select First -country "us" -version 26.1 -type Sandbox
Downloading Platform index to C:\Users\Computer\AppData\Local\Temp\bcContainerHelper.platform.json
Downloading us index to C:\Users\Computer\AppData\Local\Temp\bcContainerHelper.us.json
https://bcartifacts-exdbf9fwegejdqak.b02.azurefd.net/sandbox/26.1.33404.33893/us

cc: @freddydk

[aholstrup1]

I don't believe that is configurable at the moment, no. The updateDependencies setting is really just wrapping some existing bccontainerhelper functionality. As far as I can tell, bccontainehelper doesn't support the functionality you're looking for. The workaround would be to update the version numbers when you are updating the artifact version.