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Use SVN Revision to label build in CCNET

Asked 2008-08-04T11:37:24.863
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I am using CCNET on a sample project with SVN as my source control. CCNET is configured to create a build on every check in. CCNET uses MSBuild to build the source code.

I would like to use the latest revision number to generate AssemblyInfo.cs while compiling. How can I retrieve the latest revision from subversion and use the value in CCNET?

Edit: I'm not using NAnt - only MSBuild.

svn msbuild cruisecontrol.net
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I have written a NAnt build file that handles parsing SVN information and creating properties. I then use those property values for a variety of build tasks, including setting the label on the build. I use this target combined with the SVN Revision Labeller mentioned by lubos hasko with great results.

<target name="svninfo" description="get the svn checkout information">
    <property name="svn.infotempfile" value="${build.directory}\svninfo.txt" />
    <exec program="${svn.executable}" output="${svn.infotempfile}">
        <arg value="info" />
    </exec>
    <loadfile file="${svn.infotempfile}" property="svn.info" />
    <delete file="${svn.infotempfile}" />

    <property name="match" value="" />

    <regex pattern="URL: (?'match'.*)" input="${svn.info}" />
    <property name="svn.info.url" value="${match}"/>

    <regex pattern="Repository Root: (?'match'.*)" input="${svn.info}" />
    <property name="svn.info.repositoryroot" value="${match}"/>

    <regex pattern="Revision: (?'match'\d+)" input="${svn.info}" />
    <property name="svn.info.revision" value="${match}"/>

    <regex pattern="Last Changed Author: (?'match'\w+)" input="${svn.info}" />
    <property name="svn.info.lastchangedauthor" value="${match}"/>

    <echo message="URL: ${svn.info.url}" />
    <echo message="Repository Root: ${svn.info.repositoryroot}" />
    <echo message="Revision: ${svn.info.revision}" />
    <echo message="Last Changed Author: ${svn.info.lastchangedauthor}" />
</target>
answered 2008-08-04T13:43:54.530
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Customizing csproj files to autogenerate AssemblyInfo.cs
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Customizing_csproj_files.aspx

Every time we create a new C# project, Visual Studio puts there the AssemblyInfo.cs file for us. The file defines the assembly meta-data like its version, configuration, or producer.

Found the above technique to auto-gen AssemblyInfo.cs using MSBuild. Will post sample shortly.

answered 2008-08-04T13:22:31.640
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I'm not sure if this work with CCNET or not, but I've created an SVN version plug-in for the Build Version Increment project on CodePlex. This tool is pretty flexible and can be set to automatically create a version number for you using the svn revision. It doesn't require writing any code or editing xml, so yay!

I hope this is helps!

answered 2010-04-12T01:04:20.763

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