You have a GitHub repository that contains multiple versions of an Azure Pipelines template. You plan to deploy multiple pipelines that will use a template stored in the repository. You need to ensure

The correct answer is D. the branch. If you want to use a particular, fixed version of the template, be sure to pin to a ref. The refs are either branches (refs/heads/<name>) or tags (refs/tags/<name>). If you want to pin a specific commit, first create a tag pointing to that commit, then pin to that tag. https://le

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You have a GitHub repository that contains multiple versions of an Azure Pipelines template. You plan to deploy multiple pipelines that will use a template stored in the repository. You need to ensure that you use a fixed version of the template. What should you use to reference which version of the template repository to use?

Options

Athe serial
Bthe SHA-based hashes
Cthe runner
Dthe branch

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A
2% (1)
B
5% (3)
C
9% (5)
D
84% (49)

Explanation

If you want to use a particular, fixed version of the template, be sure to pin to a ref. The refs are either branches (refs/heads/<name>) or tags (refs/tags/<name>). If you want to pin a specific commit, first create a tag pointing to that commit, then pin to that tag. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/templates?view=azure- devops#use-other-repositories

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