The exact sequence of ccnet operations(taken from here):
1) Wait for the triggers to awaken.
2) Ask the source control system for a list of the modifications since the last build.
3) If any modifications were found or if the triggers said "force the build":
3.1) Generate a label for the build.
3.2) Run the prebuild tasks in the order specified, failing the build in case of error.
3.3) Get the source code from the source control system.
3.4) Run the build tasks in the order specified, failing the build in case of error.
3.5) If the repository should be labeled:
3.5.1) Let the source control system apply the label.
3.6) Run the publisher tasks.
4) Go to 1.
Is there a way to run some msbuild task before step 3.1 is executed in ccnet.
Problem Statement:
I am using "fileLabeller" to display the content of a file in ccnet label. If the file exists this works good. But lets say by any chance the file doesn't exist, then i want to call a msbuild task which creates this file and sets up some dummy text.
I called this msbuild task in prebuild event but to my dismay this didn't work out as label generation happens before prebuild.
Is there a way to call this msbuild task before label generation takes place?
Cruisecontrol.net will log all output to a file with a specific label. This means that a label has to be determined before anything else happens.
If you need to run Msbuild to build a label, you might need to write your own labeller.
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I have two team builds created in VS 2013 - Dev and Test - using the TfvcTemplate.12.xaml build process template. Both builds also use a custom .proj file defined in the process tab "Build/Projects" parameter.
Dev is set to Continuous Integration to build on each check-in. For the Test build, I'd like to update to a particular version.
When firing the build manually, in the parameters tab, I have successfully been able to specify a Changeset in the "Get Version" option. (C9999)
1) I'd like to eventually fire this build from command line, so is it possible to pass this in as a /msBuildArgument instead? e.g. /p:GetVersion=C9999
(I've tried this, and it successfully passes GetVersion to my .proj files, but it does not override the iBuildDetail.SourceGetVersion, which I think is what needs to happen to tell MSBuild what version to get from source control.)
2) Would using the "Label", "BuildId" or "BuildNumber" be better options, and if so, can I specifiy them as /msBuildArguments?
I have found a few related posts, but these offer suggestions that don't seem directed to 2013, but rather 2010 and 2008.
This screenshot shows where I can successfully enter and build a specified changeset and what I'm attempting to pass via arguments.
I found some buried documentation which indicates to prefix the label with an "L". Setting Get Version = "LlabelName" did the trick.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg490833.aspx#VersionSpecs
This is helpful, but it seems the labels are tied the to the build's retention policy. For this reason, I'll be using Changesets to specify the version I want to get (build and deploy).
Also, I found a couple parameters to specify Changeset (or labels) to add to the TFSBuild start command I am executing from the command line:
/getOption:Custom /customGetVersion:C9999 (or LlabelName)
I have set up a Build Definition to build a solution on Visual Studio Online (VSO). It's working fine, but it builds all the code every time when I check in the code.
How can I build a particular changeset from the code?
How can I use/pass this number to the "MSBuild Arguments" to use it there for deployment?
You need to turn off the CI build feature(Uncheck "Continuous integration (CI)" option under "Triggers" tab in your build definition) if you don't want it to build all the code every time when you check in.
To build a particular changeset, you can enter the changeset number in "Source Version" textbox when you queue a new build. (In Git, it is "Commit" textbox)
To pass the version number to MSBuild Arguments, you can use the pre-defined variable "$(Build.SourceVersion)", it is filled with the source version number you specified when you queue the build.
my build process with TFS 2010 should perform different task one after the other like:
Build 1st project in solution
Execute MSBuild via command line (to publish the project)
Execute a 3rd party tool via command line (to obfuscate the binaries)
Build a 2nd project in the solution (an InstallShield project)
How can I achieve this? I can define several project in the Build Definition but how can I invoke several command line task between these build steps? And the MSBuildArguments in the Build Definition: Are these arguments for every msbuild call for each project/solution?
Thanks
Konrad
At first, you need to add in your build definition the distinct *.*proj instead of one big *.sln - or (even better) construct more than one *.sln & order them to get build in the build definition. So you could organize a Project1.sln, Project2.sln etc that are only used from the Build.
In addition to that, you would have to make changes in the build process template to get this.By default you get something like that, that executes each set project/solution within a bigger foreach:
A good way would be to enhance this as a sequence, where all your custom action are set as InvokeProcess activities:
Obviously, you would have to insert here a flow control, so that Publish & Dotfuscator execute the first time (where Project1.sln gets build), while ISDEV executes the second time (where Project2.sln gets build). In the sample below I used a switch & packed Publish & Dotfuscator in a new Sequence.
Finally, you would have to have a counter of some sort. The most immediate option is to set a new Int32 Variable with default == 1 and increase it by hand during execution. In the sample below this is done in the lower Assign:
This final override of Complie the Project, along with a changed Build Definition should get what you 're after.
The team build definition takes a list of sln's and msbuild project files. You can put simply split your InstallShield project out into it's own solution ( most developers won't have a copy of InstallShield anyways likely ) and write an msbuild targets file for steps 2 and 3. Then just tell your build definition to build solution 1, the targets file and solution 2.
You could also choose to put the stuff in the targets file in a postbuild event for one of the projects in solution 1.
I wouldn't do this in workflow.
I have the following need:
I'll have to create an MSBuild task that will produce an xml file, which I then need to embed as a resource to one of the projects being built. How do I change my MSBuild proj to accomplish that? Is there a built-in task I can use for embedding the file, or do I need to create one? If the latter, any direction on that would be great.
Thanks in advance!
Update: based on the suggestions given, I've ended up adding an empty xml file to the project as a resource, creating a simple MSBuild custom task (http://bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2008/02/15/the-custom-msbuild-task-cookbook.aspx) that writes content to that file as I need it, and running that task as a "BeforeBuild" target. Works like a charm. Note that I've had to "exclude the file from source control", so it won't get checked out every time I build the project, and I've also added some code to the task to make sure the file isn't read-only (http://www.del337ed.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/clearing-the-read-only-flag-on-a-file-in-c/).
If you don't need to create the whole Xml file from scratch and could add a stubb file to your project you could use the XmlPoke Task to update this file in the BeforeBuild Target (see Sergios answer).
You can use builtin in your .csproj/.vbproj file target BeforeBuild (not forget to uncomment it) and call required MSBuild task in BeforeTarget. In that project add that resource as embedded. That's all.
I have a CI process set up in TFS 2008 so that every time a check-in happens a build is triggered but only if a build is not already running. The exact setting used in the configuration is the radio button labeled:
"Accumulate check-ins until the prior build finishes (fewer builds)"
The checkbox "Build no more than every ___ minutes." is not checked
I have other build processes that might also be going on so I can see that a build is queued with a specific "Date Queued". When the build server gets to the queued build, let's say that it takes 10 minutes to get there, does it use the time-stamp of the queued build to do a get or does the build do a "get latest"?
I believe TFS will use the changeset of the last triggering commit (i.e. the build does a 'get specific version' by changeset ID, rather than a 'get latest').
You can check this by looking at the build report and finding the value for the 'Source control version' field, you should see something similar to this:
So first off, I would check that the value you're seeing for this is consistent with what you see in the build's workspace and that the build is referencing the expected changeset.
Assuming that your build is working as advertised (and this is a problem for you), then you may want to consider altering this default behaviour and force your CI build do a 'get latest' by overriding the 'GetVersion' MSBuild property in the build's TFSBuild.rsp file, by adding the following:
/p:GetVersion=T
Where 'T' stands for 'tip' (or 'head' in SVN parlance).