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Copying Workflows from one app to another

Abstract

You can copy an existing Bitrise Workflow from any bitrise.yml file, including your local files.

If you have a lot of apps, you might not want to spend time with setting up Workflows for each and every one of them separately, especially if there’s little difference between the Workflows you want to run for them. If so, the easiest thing to do is to simply copy an existing Workflow.

YAML mode only

Copying a Workflow to another app is only possible in YAML mode. You can create a new Workflow based on an existing one but only for the same app.

You can copy a Workflow from any bitrise.yml file, including your local files. To copy an existing Workflow from one Bitrise app to another on our website:

  1. Log in to Bitrise and select Bitrise CI on the left, then select your app.

  2. Click the Workflows button on the main page.

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  3. On the left, select bitrise.yml from the navigation menu.

  4. Select the Workflow you want and copy it.

    Copying Workflows from one app to another

  5. Open the app you want to copy it to.

  6. Go to the Workflow tab and then the bitrise.yml tab.

  7. Paste the Workflow under the workflows property.

In this section:
appsWorkflows

The bitrise.yml file stores your entire build configuration for an app. It specifies your stack and the build triggers, and defines the Workflows of the app. When you make changes on the graphical UI of our Workflow Editor, you actually modify the bitrise.yml file.