Versioned TC settings trigger dependent build

Hi,

We've started using versioned settings in TC. We are using a separate git repo for settings.

Our project uses 3 different VCS roots for code: master, release candidates and feature branches (same repository). The project has two subprojects: Build and Test.

Build subproject has one template build configuration and three build configurations derived from it - one build configuration per VCS above.

Test subproject also has one template build configuration. There is one derived build configuration each for feature and release candidate builds. There are three test build configurations for master builds (different SQL Server versions).

The template build configuration defines a daily trigger, but is not attached to any of the VCS roots. Individual derived test configurations attach to their corresponding VCS root. They also define one snapshot and one artefact dependency for corresponding Build build configurations.

Our settings git repository currently has 6 branches in total: master, current, rc-v5.16.0, rc-v5.17.0, rc-v5.18.0, rc-v5.19.0. RC branches correspond to our latest 4 releases and their names are the same as release candidate branch names in our source code git repository (so they get used automatically if we're building patched previous versions)

The problem is that feature and master Test build configurations are triggered by our settings VCS for those rc-v5.XX.Y branches in addition to expected test builds triggered by changes in their source code git repos.

Here's the Test template build configuration Kotlin code:

package test.buildTypes

import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.*
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.buildFeatures.commitStatusPublisher
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.buildSteps.MSBuildStep
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.buildSteps.NUnitStep
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.buildSteps.msBuild
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.buildSteps.nunit
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.triggers.schedule

object elements_test_template : Template({
    uuid = "21ab50ef-b97a-4cfc-898e-be9f7e44a1ca"
    name = "Elements Test Template"

    params {
        param("system.ZippedBuildFilePath", "%BuildZipFileNameTestable%")
    }

    vcs {
        checkoutMode = CheckoutMode.MANUAL
    }

    steps {
        msBuild {
            name = "Install"
            id = "RUNNER_32"
            path = "integration-tests.msbuild.xml"
            toolsVersion = MSBuildStep.MSBuildToolsVersion.V16_0
            targets = "Install"
        }
        nunit {
            name = "Unit test"
            id = "RUNNER_33"
            nunitVersion = NUnitStep.NUnitVersion.NUnit_2_6_3
            platform = NUnitStep.Platform.x86
            runtimeVersion = NUnitStep.RuntimeVersion.v4_0
            includeTests = """
                %system.InstallPath%\UnitTests\UnitTests.dll
                %system.InstallPath%\UnitTests\Symplectic.UnitTests.dll
            """.trimIndent()
            excludeCategories = "Integration"
        }
        nunit {
            name = "NUnit Integration tests"
            id = "RUNNER_34"
            nunitVersion = NUnitStep.NUnitVersion.NUnit_2_6_3
            platform = NUnitStep.Platform.x86
            runtimeVersion = NUnitStep.RuntimeVersion.v4_0
            includeTests = """
                %system.InstallPath%\UnitTests\UnitTests.dll
                %system.InstallPath%\UnitTests\Symplectic.UnitTests.dll
            """.trimIndent()
            includeCategories = "Integration"
        }
        msBuild {
            name = "Test"
            id = "RUNNER_35"
            executionMode = BuildStep.ExecutionMode.RUN_ON_FAILURE
            path = "integration-tests.msbuild.xml"
            toolsVersion = MSBuildStep.MSBuildToolsVersion.V16_0
            targets = "Test"
        }
    }

    triggers {
        schedule {
            id = "TRIGGER_3"
            schedulingPolicy = daily {
                hour = 20
            }
            triggerBuild = always()
            withPendingChangesOnly = false
        }
    }

    features {
        commitStatusPublisher {
            id = "BUILD_EXT_4"
            publisher = github {
                githubUrl = "https://api.github.com"
                authType = personalToken {
                    token = "credentialsJSON:XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX"
                }
            }
        }
    }

    requirements {
        moreThan("system.SqlServerVersion", "2008", "RQ_3")
    }
})

This is one of the master Test build configurations:

package test.buildTypes

import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.*
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.v2019_2.triggers.schedule

object elements_test_master_2014 : BuildType({
templates(elements_test_template)
id = AbsoluteId("elements_test_master_2014")
name = "master 2014: test (SQL Server 2014)"
description = "Install and run tests on SQL Server 2014"

buildNumberPattern = "${elements_build_master.depParamRefs.buildNumber}"

params {
param("BuildZipFileNameTestable", "${elements_build_master.depParamRefs["system.BuildZipFileNameTestable"]}")
}

vcs {
root(master)
}

triggers {
schedule {
id = "TRIGGER_3"
schedulingPolicy = daily {
hour = 20
}
triggerRules = "+:root=${master.id}:**"

triggerBuild = always()
}
}

dependencies {
dependency(elements_build_master) {
snapshot {
}

artifacts {
id = "ARTIFACT_DEPENDENCY_8"
cleanDestination = true
artifactRules = """
%system.BuildZipFileNameTestable% => .
integration-tests.msbuild.xml => .
""".trimIndent()
}
}
}

requirements {
equals("system.SqlServerVersion", "2014", "RQ_4")
}
})

Any idea how to prevent this?

Thank you,

Marko