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

	<project name="YourApp" default="do-build" xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.85-rc4/nant.xsd">
	<!-- Version settings -->
	<property name="project.config" value="release" />
	<property name="project.version.major" value="1" />
	<property name="project.version.minor" value="0" />
	<property name="project.version.build" value="0" />
	<property name="tfs.server" value="http://yourTFSserver:8080/" />
	<property name="tfs.fullpath" value="$/yourTeamProject/someDirectory/andSoOn/" />
	<property name="company" value="${project::get-name()}"/>
	<property name="project" value="${project::get-name()}"/>
	<property name="copyright" value="${company}, ${datetime::get-year(datetime::now())}"/>
	<property name="temp-target-dir" value="C:\temp\yourApplication"/>
	<!-- the public target -->
	<target name="do-build" depends="version, compile-release, copy-to-temp-dir"/>
	<target name="compile-release">
	<!-- delete the previous log files -->
	<delete file="clean_log.txt" failonerror="false"></delete>
	<delete file="compile_log.txt" failonerror="false"></delete>
	<!-- clean -->
	<echo message="Clean bins" />
	<exec program="c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\common7\ide\devenv.exe" workingdir=".">
	<arg file="YourSolutionFileNameHere.sln" />
	<arg value="/out" />
	<arg value="clean_log.txt" />
	<arg value="/clean" />
	<arg value="${project.config}" />
	</exec>
	<!-- build -->
	<echo message="Build for ${project.config}" />
	<exec program="c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\common7\ide\devenv.exe" workingdir=".">
	<arg file="YourSolutionFileNameHere.sln" />
	<arg value="/out" />
	<arg value="compile_log.txt" />
	<arg value="/rebuild" />
	<arg value="${project.config}" />
	</exec>
	</target>
	<target name="version">
	<property name="project.version.revision" value="0"/>
	<!-- this block get the changesetid for this 'solution' and sets project.version.revision -->
	<script language="C#">
	<references>
	<include name="C:\someDirectoryWhereYouHaveThisDll\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.dll" />
	<include name="C:\someDirectoryWhereYouHaveThisDll\TeamFoundation\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.dll" />
	</references>
	<imports>
	<import namespace="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client" />
	<import namespace="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client" />
	</imports>
	<code>
	<![CDATA[
	public static void ScriptMain(Project project)
	{
	// see c# code sample in next section...
	}
	]]>
	</code>
	</script>
	<property name="project.version.full" value="${project.version.major}.${project.version.minor}.${project.version.build}.${project.version.revision}"/>
	<echo message="MARKING THIS BUILD AS VERSION ${project.version.full}" />
	<delete file="CommonAssemblyInfo.cs" failonerror="false"/>
	<asminfo output="CommonAssemblyInfo.cs" language="CSharp">
	<imports>
	<import namespace="System" />
	<import namespace="System.Reflection" />
	<import namespace="System.Runtime.InteropServices" />
	</imports>
	<attributes>
	<attribute type="ComVisibleAttribute" value="false" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyFileVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyCopyrightAttribute" value="${copyright}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyProductAttribute" value="${project}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyCompanyAttribute" value="${company}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyConfigurationAttribute" value="${project.config}" />
	<attribute type="AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute" value="${project.version.full}" />
	</attributes>
	<references>
	<include name="System.dll" />
	</references>
	</asminfo>
	</target>
	<target name="copy-to-temp-dir">
	<mkdir dir="${temp-target-dir}" />
	<exec program="xcopy" verbose="true">
	<arg value=".\YourWebProjectDirectory" />
	<arg value="${temp-target-dir}" />
	<arg line="/e /r /y /q" />
	</exec>
	<delete>
	<!-- probably a better way to do this? -->
	<fileset basedir="${temp-target-dir}">
	<include name="*.cs" />
	<include name="*/*.cs" />
	<include name="*.csproj*" />
	<include name="*/*.otherfiletypes" />
	</fileset>
	</delete>
	<!-- fix up the web.config -->
	<echo message="update the configuration ${temp-target-dir}\web.config" />
	<xmlpoke
	file="${temp-target-dir}\web.config"
	xpath="/ns:configuration/ns:system.web/ns:customErrors/@mode"
	value="On"
	>
	<namespaces>
	<namespace prefix="ns" uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0" />
	</namespaces>
	</xmlpoke>
	</target>
	</project>

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the c# bit that goes in the nant script block above
NOTE: see updated version of this code block

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

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nant is awesome!