A common request for my Generate Release Notes Tasks is to enrich the data available beyond basic build, work item and commit/changeset details. I have resisted these requests as it felt like a never ending journey to start. However, I have now relented and added the option to see any pull request information available.

This feature is limited, you obviously have to be using artifacts that linked to a Git repo, and also the Git repo have to on an Azure DevOps hosted repository. This won’t meet everyone’s needs but it is a start.

What was already available

Turns out there was already a means to get a limited set of PR details from a build. You used the form

\*\*Build Trigger PR Number\*\*: ${buildDetails.triggerInfo\['pr.number'\]}

or in handlebars format

\*\*Build Trigger PR Number\*\*: {{lookup buildDetails.triggerInfo 'pr.number'}}

The improvements

That said I have improved the options. There is now a new `prDetails` object available to the template.

If you use the dump option

${JSON.stringify(prDetails)}   

You can see the fields available

{  
     "repository": {  
         "id": "bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59",  
         "name": "VSTSBuildTaskValidation",  
         "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/\_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59"),  
         "project": {  
             "id": "670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f",  
             "name": "GitHub",  
             "description": "A container for GitHub CI/CD processes",  
             "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/\_apis/projects/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/_apis/projects/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f"),  
             "state": "wellFormed",  
             "revision": 411511726,  
             "visibility": 2,  
             "lastUpdateTime": "2019-10-10T20:35:51.85Z"  
         },  
         "size": 9373557,  
         "remoteUrl": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/GitHub/\_git/VSTSBuildTaskValidation"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/GitHub/_git/VSTSBuildTaskValidation"),  
         "sshUrl": "richardfennell@vs-ssh.visualstudio.com:v3/richardfennell/GitHub/VSTSBuildTaskValidation",  
         "webUrl": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/GitHub/\_git/VSTSBuildTaskValidation"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/GitHub/_git/VSTSBuildTaskValidation")  
     },  
     "pullRequestId": 4,  
     "codeReviewId": 4,  
     "status": 1,  
     "createdBy": {  
         "displayName": "Richard Fennell (Work MSA)",  
         "url": "[https://spsprodeus24.vssps.visualstudio.com/Ac0efb61e-a937-42a0-9658-649757d55d46/\_apis/Identities/b1fce0e9-fbf4-4202-bc09-a290def3e98b"](https://spsprodeus24.vssps.visualstudio.com/Ac0efb61e-a937-42a0-9658-649757d55d46/_apis/Identities/b1fce0e9-fbf4-4202-bc09-a290def3e98b"),  
         "\_links": {  
             "avatar": {  
                 "href": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/\_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.NzQzY2UyODUtN2Q0Ny03YjNkLTk0ZGUtN2Q0YjA1ZGE5NDdj"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.NzQzY2UyODUtN2Q0Ny03YjNkLTk0ZGUtN2Q0YjA1ZGE5NDdj")  
             }  
         },  
         "id": "b1fce0e9-fbf4-4202-bc09-a290def3e98b",  
         "uniqueName": "bm-richard.fennell@outlook.com",  
         "imageUrl": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/\_api/\_common/identityImage?id=b1fce0e9-fbf4-4202-bc09-a290def3e98b"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/_api/_common/identityImage?id=b1fce0e9-fbf4-4202-bc09-a290def3e98b"),  
         "descriptor": "aad.NzQzY2UyODUtN2Q0Ny03YjNkLTk0ZGUtN2Q0YjA1ZGE5NDdj"  
     },  
     "creationDate": "2020-04-04T10:44:59.566Z",  
     "title": "Added test.txt",  
     "description": "Added test.txt",  
     "sourceRefName": "refs/heads/branch2",  
     "targetRefName": "refs/heads/master",  
     "mergeStatus": 3,  
     "isDraft": false,  
     "mergeId": "f76a6556-8b4f-44eb-945a-9350124f067b",  
     "lastMergeSourceCommit": {  
         "commitId": "f43fa4de163c3ee0b4f17b72a659eac0d307deb8",  
         "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/\_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/f43fa4de163c3ee0b4f17b72a659eac0d307deb8"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/f43fa4de163c3ee0b4f17b72a659eac0d307deb8")  
     },  
     "lastMergeTargetCommit": {  
         "commitId": "829ab2326201c7a5d439771eef5a57f58f94897d",  
         "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/\_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/829ab2326201c7a5d439771eef5a57f58f94897d"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/829ab2326201c7a5d439771eef5a57f58f94897d")  
     },  
     "lastMergeCommit": {  
         "commitId": "53f393cae4ee3b901bb69858c4ee86cc8b466d6f",  
         "author": {  
             "name": "Richard Fennell (Work MSA)",  
             "email": "bm-richard.fennell@outlook.com",  
             "date": "2020-04-04T10:44:59.000Z"  
         },  
         "committer": {  
             "name": "Richard Fennell (Work MSA)",  
             "email": "bm-richard.fennell@outlook.com",  
             "date": "2020-04-04T10:44:59.000Z"  
         },  
         "comment": "Merge pull request 4 from branch2 into master",  
         "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/\_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/53f393cae4ee3b901bb69858c4ee86cc8b466d6f"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/commits/53f393cae4ee3b901bb69858c4ee86cc8b466d6f")  
     },  
     "reviewers": \[\],  
     "url": "[https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/\_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/pullRequests/4"](https://richardfennell.visualstudio.com/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f/_apis/git/repositories/bebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59/pullRequests/4"),  
     "supportsIterations": true,  
     "artifactId": "vstfs:///Git/PullRequestId/670b3a60-2021-47ab-a88b-d76ebd888a2f%2fbebd0ae2-405d-4c0a-b9c5-36ea94c1bf59%2f4"  
}  

```In templates this new object could be is used

**PR Title **: ${prDetails.title}

or in handlebars format.

**PR Details**: {{prDetails.title}}


It will be interesting to here feedback from the real world as opposed to test harnesses