Building GitHub code repositories with TFBuild

The new build system offers seamless integration with GitHub. In this recipe, you'll learn how to use TFBuild to build a repository in GitHub.

Getting ready

If you don't already have a GitHub repository, create one from https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo.

For the walkthrough in this recipe, we'll be using the VisualStudioGeeks repository available at https://github.com/visualstudiogeeks/.

How to do it...

  1. Log into the GitHub repository from your profile menu, navigate to Settings, and select Personal access tokens. Click on the Generate new token button to create a new personal access token:
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