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You can also specify a maximum branch age. This allows you to exclude older branches from the selection list when starting a new build or defining a trigger.

Tags

For Tag-aware Repositories (Git, Mercurial and Subversion), the Tags tab sets how Continua handles changeset tags.

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Branch mappings can be accessed from the Configuration Wizard Repositories page by clicking on the Mapping link for each branch-aware repository.   

Default Branch

This is the branch that is built for this repository when you run a build for the current configuration using the Quick Start Build button. It is also the default branch listed for this repository in the Queue Build dialog. This will override the default branch for the repository.

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Branch mappings can also be loaded into the queue build dialog  clicking on a button next to the triggering repository.

Resetting a Repository

Resetting a repository forces Continua to delete the local repository cache for the specified repository and pull the latest changesets from your repository. When a repository is reset, Continua will get the latest changeset for each branch in that repository.

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