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How to call the AssemblyVersion Patch, from the build script

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bob.lokerse

05 Oct, 2015 12:42 PM

I can get the gitVersion now, and build up the version I want to use:
    set gitVersion=%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH:~-4%
    set version=%gitVersion%.%APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER%

The AppVeyorBuild can be updated with this,
    appveyor UpdateBuild -Version %version%

But how to call the AssemblyVersion patch?
(I put the above commands in the build script)

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 05 Oct, 2015 04:25 PM

   

   You can put those commands to init section of appveyor.yml (thus they run before git clone) and then just enable assembly patching declaratively.

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2. 2 Posted by bob.lokerse on 05 Oct, 2015 06:35 PM

   

   Thanks!
   I got it working:

   init:
   - cmd: "set appVeyorBuildVersion=%appveyor_build_version%\necho appVeyorBuildVersion:%appVeyorBuildVersion% \n\nset branch=%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%\necho branch:%branch%\n\nset gitVersion=%branch:~-3%\necho gitversion:%gitVersion%\n\nset newVersion=%gitVersion%.%APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER%\necho %newVersion%\n\n"
   - cmd: appveyor UpdateBuild -Version "%newVersion%"
   
   assembly_info:
     patch: true
     file: '**\AssemblyInfo.*'
     assembly_version: '{version}'
     assembly_file_version: '{version}'
     assembly_informational_version: '{version}'
   build_script:
   - cmd: "echo Building version:%appveyor_build_version%"
   - cmd: "nuget restore\nmsbuild MySolution.sln /t:build /p:Configuration=Release"
   

   General info, for others:
   Now I have a dummy version in my AssemblyVersion.cs. I set the version in Sourcetree (GitFlow) when I create a release branch. For example: v1.2.
   That version (1.2) with the appVeyor build number is used in Appveyor, the patched AssemblyVersion and in the nuget package for Octopus Deploy (which creates a Release based on the nuget package version).

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 05 Oct, 2015 11:31 PM

   

   Cool, thanks for sharing the solution!

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4. 4 Posted by george.polevoy on 21 Mar, 2016 06:32 PM

   

   Is it possible do achieve the same in GUI mode, without using an ".yml" file in the repository?

   What is the GUI equivalent of the init" section of an ".yml"?

   I tried to pass the custom versioning script with the "clone script" parameter, but it turns out the clone script replaces cloning of the repository which is not what I want.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Mar, 2016 07:16 PM

   

   "Init" script can be set on Environment tab of project settings.

   -Feodor

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6. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:04 AM.