How to get TeamCity Build trigger filter to build feature branches but not default branch

Question

I\'ve created a Team City build to build the feature branches:

Default Branch: refs/heads/development Branch Specification: refs/heads/feature/*

I have a vcs tri

Answer 1

We are using TC 2017.2 and had the same problem. We could disable the automatic triggering, but you could still start it by hand, which is annoying as it will keep a build agent occupied for nothing.

Then we found out we have the option to disable the actual build of a feature branch. If you go to Version Control Settings there is a Default Branch Settings section.

More info here

Answer 2

Try the following settings:
Default Branch: refs/heads/development
Branch Specification: +:refs/heads/feature/*

VCS trigger branch filter:

+:*  
-:<default>