# Pattern match trigger branch no longer working
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/pattern-match-trigger-branch-no-longer-working/6028
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/pattern-match-trigger-branch-no-longer-working/6028 "2016-02-17T04:24:03Z")
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### Author:  [@tony.hoyle](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tony.hoyle)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/pattern-match-trigger-branch-no-longer-working/6028/1 "2016-02-17T04:24:03Z")
We have a repository trigger that should trigger on any branch ending with the word ‘release’. In previous versions of continua this worked, but as of the current version it has stopped matching.
We’re on version 1.7.1.177 - I’m not sure which version broke as I didn’t notice for a while.
It’s an svn repository with the branch pattern set to trigger on /Branches/\*Release/
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### Author:  [@Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/pattern-match-trigger-branch-no-longer-working/6028/2 "2016-02-17T11:56:12Z")
Hi Tony,
Branch patterns are regular expressions.
The pattern “/Branches/\*Release/” would match “/Branches”, followed by zero or more “/” characters, followed by “Release/”.
You need to use “/Branches/.\*Release/” which would match “/Branches”, followed by zero or more characters ,followed by “Release/”. This would match " /Branches/Release/", “/Branches/V1Release/” or "/Branches/V1/Release/"
Alternatively use “/Branches/[^/]\*Release/” which would match “/Branches”, followed by zero or more characters which are not “/”, followed by “Release/”. This would match “/Branches/Release/”, and “/Branches/V1Release/” but not “/Branches/V1/Release/”