I have a pipeline that creates a chocolatey package based on the repo.

• In the first stage I create the package, check if the package created and copy the nupkg to the destination. That works perfectly as it is.
• In the second stage I’d like to run a Vagrant test that tests the choco package but only when the file created. So based on the previous file exist check i’d add the condition to the whole stage.

In the first stage the condition on the CopyFiles works just perfectly, but when I add the same condition on the 2nd stage it just skips every single time. Without the condition it starts and writes the “test”.

So far the azure-pipeline.yaml’s interesting part is the following. The “*****” is mostly for anonimity.

variables:
  solution: *****'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'
  buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
  chocoSource: '*****'
  localChocoFolder: '.chocolateypack'
  binaryInputFolder: *****'
  localFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)Package'
  dropFolder: *****'
  vagrantDropFolder: *****'
  fileExists: true
  
stages:
- stage: BuildCommands
  displayName: Build Commands stage
  jobs: 
  - job: BuildCommands
    timeoutInMinutes: 120
    displayName: Build commands job 
    pool:
     name: 'Bugzing'

    *****
    *****
    *****
    *****
    *****

    - task: PowerShell@2
      displayName: 'Check for existing files in target folder'
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: |         
          # Access pipeline variables
          $localFolder = "${env:localFolder}"
          $dropFolder = "${env:dropFolder}"

          # Get the list of local files
          $localFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $localFolder -Recurse -File

          foreach ($localFile in $localFiles) {
            $relativePath = $localFile.FullName.Substring($localFolder.Length)
            $targetFilePath = Join-Path $dropFolder $relativePath

            if (Test-Path $targetFilePath) {
              Write-Host "##vso[task.logissue type=warning]File already exists in target folder: $targetFilePath"
              Write-Host "##vso[task.complete result=SucceededWithIssues;]"
              exit 0
            }
          }
          
          Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=fileExists]false"

    - task: CopyFiles@2
      condition: and (succeeded(), eq(variables['fileExists'], 'false'))
      displayName: 'Copy installer'
      inputs:
        SourceFolder: '$(localFolder)'
        Contents: '**'
        TargetFolder: '$(dropFolder)'
       
- stage: VagrantTest
  displayName: Test Package With Vagrant
  dependsOn: BuildCommands
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(dependencies.BuildCommands.outputs['BuildCommands.fileExists'], 'false'))
  jobs: 
  - job: BuildCommands
    timeoutInMinutes: 120
    displayName: Build commands job 
    pool:
     name: 'Bugzing'
     
    steps:
    - task: PowerShell@2
      displayName: stage 2 echo test
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: |
          echo "test"