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Clicking on the Promote button will trigger the next stage.
Workspace Rules
Workspace rules allow you to control which files in the workspace are synced or not synced between the server and the agent. Workspace rules are not used to move files from external locations into the workspace. For getting files into your workspace, use the Copy Action or Repository Rules. Rules are split into include rules and exclude rules:
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Scenarios and examples of workspace exclude rules can be found on the Workspace Rules page.
Repository Rules
A repository rule is used to get files out of the repositories attached to the Configuration and into the agent's workspace. Repository rules look and function similar to workspace rules but have a few extra constraints.
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