buildcharts

buildcharts are OCI images with charts for generating declarative CI/CD pipelines.

• Specified in the dependency chart chart/buildcharts/Chart.yaml.
• Integrates with Renovate/dependabot for maintenance updates.

Built-in variables

Every target in a metadata specification automatically gets a set of build-provided variables. These default variables are injected during generation and can be accessed in your build charts during processing.

targets:
  src/MyApp/MyApp.csproj:
    type: build

BUILDCHARTS_SRC

The target source path, eg. src/MyApp/MyApp.csproj.

BUILDCHARTS_TYPE

The target source type, eg. build. Resolves the chart identified by alias: build.

Output

All Dockerfiles may produce build output by creating files inside the /output directory. In addition, the generated Bake file defines a separate output build target that automatically copies the /output directory to ./buildcharts/output on the host during docker buildx bake. This makes it easy to persist artifacts – such as unit-test results or generated NuGet packages – out of the container and into your working directory for further processing.

Documentation

• dotnet/README.md – Charts for building .NET applications