How to use Slick Syntax - geeklearningio/gl-vsts-tasks-file-patch GitHub Wiki

By default tasks will use the default JSON patch syntax with is a bit verbose. XML and JSON patch tasks support an enhanced minimal syntax:

the general form is :

op path => valueOrPath

where :

op will be the character mapped for the operation
- + add
- - remove (in that case => valueOrPath should be ommitted)
- = replace
- & copy
- > move
- ? test
path is the path or from path for copy and move operation.
valueOrPath is the json encoded value or the target path for copy and move operation.

The following patch :

+ /version/notes => "a bullshit"
= /version/semver => "$(GITVERSION_SemVer)"

Applied to

{
    "version" : {
        "semver" : ""
    },
    "name" : "un nom"
}

will output

{
    "version":{
        "semver":"0.1.0",
        "notes":"a bullshit"
    },
    "name":"un nom"
}