Clarify documentation of variables in TFS build #595
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| See [Variables](/more-info/variables/) for an overview of available variables. | ||
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| Note that due to [current limitations in VSO](https://github.com/Microsoft/vso-agent-tasks/issues/380) it's currently not possible to set the build version inside of VSO to one of the GITVERSION_* variables. | ||
| #### Known limitations | ||
| * Due to a bug in VSO it's currently not possible to use variables added during build in inputs of subsequent build tasks, since the variables are processed at the beginning of the build. |
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Maybe here also say the workaround (use environmental variables instead) too
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Something like this OK:
As a workaround environment variables can be used in custom scripts.
(env variables are not a workaround for all scenarios since they cannot be passed to existing default build steps, but it might be possible to achieve something with a custom powershell script or by changes in custom build steps)
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Clarify documentation of variables in TFS build
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Clarify documentation of variables in TFS build and add section about known limitations in VSO Agent at the moment.