UPDATE: NAnt build with TFS changeset as revision number

this is a small revision to a previous post NAnt build with TFS changeset as revision number

apparently there is a limitation on the size of the number used in each segment of a .net assembly version so this is a slight update to the c# code that gets the latest changeset from TFS - changes start at "if(latestChangsetId > 65534)"

<br />public static void ScriptMain(Project project) <br />{<br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "Connect to " + project.Properties["tfs.server"]);<br /> TeamFoundationServer tfs = new TeamFoundationServer(project.Properties["tfs.server"]);<br /><br /> // Get a reference to Version Control. <br /> Type type = typeof(VersionControlServer);<br /> VersionControlServer versionControl = (VersionControlServer)tfs.GetService(type);<br /><br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "get changesetId for " + project.Properties["tfs.fullpath"]);<br /> IEnumerable changeSets = versionControl.QueryHistory(project.Properties["tfs.fullpath"], VersionSpec.Latest, 0, RecursionType.Full, null, null, null, 1, true, false);<br /> int latestChangesetId = 0;<br /><br /> // there is only one<br /> foreach(Changeset c in changeSets)<br /> {<br /> latestChangesetId = c.ChangesetId;<br /> } <br /> <br /> string revision = String.Empty;<br /> if(latestChangsetId > 65534)<br /> {<br /> // use the last 4 numbers only<br /> revision = latestChangesetId.ToString().Substring(latestChangesetId.ToString().Length - 4, 4);<br /> }<br /> else<br /> {<br /> revision = latestChangesetId.ToString();<br /> }<br /><br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "ChangesetId is " + latestChangesetId.ToString());<br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "Revision will be " + revision);<br /> <br /> project.Properties["project.version.revision"] = revision;<br />}<br />

see also AssemblyVersion - BuildNo Limitation

NAnt build with TFS changeset as revision number

This code sample is a nant script that

• deletes the CommonAssembly.cs file (linked to all projects)


• uses the nant asminfo task to recreate the CommonAssembly.cs file, but after we query TFS for the changeset (revision) number which is used in the version number


• build the solution in release mode using the ide.exe (there are other - better ways, but this one works)


• xcopy files to C:\temp\{app} and clean up all the source files

basically I just put together a few bits that I found on other blogs (should have saved the urls - doh!), most were related to using svn for source control and then I added in the code block for the c# stuff to query TFS.

A quick note about the linked CommonAssembly.cs file, visual studio has an option when you are adding an existing file to a project to select 'linked', click the arrow on the 'Add' button when you select your existing file

what this script does not do - get latest from TFS, I usually do that part manually or from ccnet
<br /><project name="YourApp" default="do-build" xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.85-rc4/nant.xsd"><br /> <!-- Version settings --><br /> <property name="project.config" value="release" /><br /> <property name="project.version.major" value="1" /><br /> <property name="project.version.minor" value="0" /><br /> <property name="project.version.build" value="0" /><br /> <property name="tfs.server" value="http://yourTFSserver:8080/" /><br /> <property name="tfs.fullpath" value="$/yourTeamProject/someDirectory/andSoOn/" /><br /> <property name="company" value="${project::get-name()}"/><br /> <property name="project" value="${project::get-name()}"/><br /> <property name="copyright" value="${company}, ${datetime::get-year(datetime::now())}"/><br /> <property name="temp-target-dir" value="C:\temp\yourApplication"/><br /><br /> <!-- the public target --><br /> <target name="do-build" depends="version, compile-release, copy-to-temp-dir"/><br /><br /> <target name="compile-release"><br /> <!-- delete the previous log files --><br /> <delete file="clean_log.txt" failonerror="false"></delete><br /> <delete file="compile_log.txt" failonerror="false"></delete><br /> <!-- clean --><br /> <echo message="Clean bins" /><br /> <exec program="c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\common7\ide\devenv.exe" workingdir="."><br /> <arg file="YourSolutionFileNameHere.sln" /><br /> <arg value="/out" /><br /> <arg value="clean_log.txt" /><br /> <arg value="/clean" /><br /> <arg value="${project.config}" /><br /> </exec><br /> <!-- build --><br /> <echo message="Build for ${project.config}" /><br /> <exec program="c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\common7\ide\devenv.exe" workingdir="."><br /> <arg file="YourSolutionFileNameHere.sln" /><br /> <arg value="/out" /><br /> <arg value="compile_log.txt" /><br /> <arg value="/rebuild" /><br /> <arg value="${project.config}" /><br /> </exec><br /> </target><br /> <br /> <target name="version"><br /> <property name="project.version.revision" value="0"/><br /> <!-- this block get the changesetid for this 'solution' and sets project.version.revision --><br /> <script language="C#"><br /> <references><br /> <include name="C:\someDirectoryWhereYouHaveThisDll\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.dll" /><br /> <include name="C:\someDirectoryWhereYouHaveThisDll\TeamFoundation\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.dll" /><br /> </references><br /> <imports><br /> <import namespace="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client" /><br /> <import namespace="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client" /><br /> </imports><br /> <code><br /> <![CDATA[<br /> public static void ScriptMain(Project project) <br /> {<br /> // see c# code sample in next section...<br /> }<br /> ]]><br /> </code><br /> </script><br /> <br /> <property name="project.version.full" value="${project.version.major}.${project.version.minor}.${project.version.build}.${project.version.revision}"/><br /><br /> <echo message="MARKING THIS BUILD AS VERSION ${project.version.full}" /><br /> <delete file="CommonAssemblyInfo.cs" failonerror="false"/><br /> <asminfo output="CommonAssemblyInfo.cs" language="CSharp"><br /> <imports><br /> <import namespace="System" /><br /> <import namespace="System.Reflection" /><br /> <import namespace="System.Runtime.InteropServices" /><br /> </imports><br /> <attributes><br /> <attribute type="ComVisibleAttribute" value="false" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyFileVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyCopyrightAttribute" value="${copyright}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyProductAttribute" value="${project}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyCompanyAttribute" value="${company}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyConfigurationAttribute" value="${project.config}" /><br /> <attribute type="AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" /><br /> </attributes><br /> <references><br /> <include name="System.dll" /><br /> </references><br /> </asminfo><br /> </target><br /><br /> <target name="copy-to-temp-dir"><br /> <mkdir dir="${temp-target-dir}" /><br /> <exec program="xcopy" verbose="true"><br /> <arg value=".\YourWebProjectDirectory" /><br /> <arg value="${temp-target-dir}" /><br /> <arg line="/e /r /y /q" /><br /> </exec><br /><br /> <delete><br /> <!-- probably a better way to do this? --><br /> <fileset basedir="${temp-target-dir}"><br /> <include name="*.cs" /><br /> <include name="*/*.cs" /><br /> <include name="*.csproj*" /><br /> <include name="*/*.otherfiletypes" /><br /> </fileset><br /> </delete><br /> <br /> <!-- fix up the web.config --><br /> <echo message="update the configuration ${temp-target-dir}\web.config" /><br /> <xmlpoke <br /> file="${temp-target-dir}\web.config"<br /> xpath="/ns:configuration/ns:system.web/ns:customErrors/@mode"<br /> value="On"<br /> ><br /> <namespaces><br /> <namespace prefix="ns" uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0" /><br /> </namespaces><br /> </xmlpoke> <br /> </target> <br /><br /></project><br />

the c# bit that goes in the nant script block above
<br />public static void ScriptMain(Project project) <br />{<br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "Connect to " + project.Properties["tfs.server"]);<br /> TeamFoundationServer tfs = new TeamFoundationServer(project.Properties["tfs.server"]);<br /><br /> // Get a reference to Version Control. <br /> Type type = typeof(VersionControlServer);<br /> VersionControlServer versionControl = (VersionControlServer)tfs.GetService(type);<br /><br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "get changesetId for " + project.Properties["tfs.fullpath"]);<br /> IEnumerable changeSets = versionControl.QueryHistory(project.Properties["tfs.fullpath"], VersionSpec.Latest, 0, RecursionType.Full, null, null, null, 1, true, false);<br /> int latestChangesetId = 0;<br /><br /> // there is only one<br /> foreach(Changeset c in changeSets)<br /> {<br /> latestChangesetId = c.ChangesetId;<br /> } <br /><br /> project.Log(Level.Info, "ChangesetId is " + latestChangesetId.ToString());<br /> project.Properties["project.version.revision"] = latestChangesetId.ToString();<br />}<br />

nant is awesome!