#2084: applying github example fix to pipeline

.azure/azure-ci-build-pipeline.yaml

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ stages:
               primaite setup
             displayName: 'Perform PrimAITE Setup'
 
+          - task: UseDotNet@2
+            displayName: 'Install dotnet dependencies'
+            inputs:
+              packageType: 'sdk'
+              version: '2.1.x'
+
           - script: |
               pytest -v tests/ --cov=src/ -o junit_family=xunit2 --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov-report xml:$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/coverage.xml --cov-report html:$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/htmlcov --cov-report term
             displayName: 'Run tests and code coverage'
@@ -111,9 +117,25 @@ stages:
           - publish: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/htmlcov/
             artifact: coverage_report
 
+          # - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@2
+          #   displayName: 'Publish coverage report'
+          #   inputs:
+          #     codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
+          #     summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/coverage.xml'
+          #     failIfCoverageEmpty: true
+
           - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@2
-            displayName: 'Publish coverage report'
+            displayName: 'Install code coverage upload dependencies'
+            # We only want the dependencies - this azure task is borked https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/issues/17756
+            # ref: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/issues/17756#issuecomment-1585620675
+            condition: eq('true', 'false') # THIS WILL NEVER RUN ONCE TASK DECLARATION IS NEEDED TO DOWNLOAD IT SOURCES
             inputs:
-              codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
               summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/coverage.xml'
-              failIfCoverageEmpty: true
+
+          - task: CmdLine@2
+            displayName: Publish Code Coverage
+            env: { 'SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN': $(System.AccessToken) } #access token is needed to upload report to azure pipeline tabs
+            inputs:
+              script: |
+                mkdir /home/vsts/work/_temp/cobertura
+                "$(Dotnet_Root)/dotnet"dotnet `find /home/vsts/work/_tasks/ -name CoveragePublisher.Console.dll` '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/coverage.xml' --reportDirectory /home/vsts/work/_temp/cobertura