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tugberk

15 Oct, 2014 10:43 AM

Is it possible to provide the build version from an external source?

For example, I would like to get the build version by looking at my project.json file. I was thinking something like this:

version: ps: $prjObj = (get-content src\MyApp\project.json) -join "`n" | ConvertFrom-Json; return "$($prjObj.version).{build}"

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 16 Oct, 2014 03:58 AM

   

   This is what you need: http://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-worker-api#update-build-details

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2. 2 Posted by tugberk on 16 Oct, 2014 06:25 PM

   

   nice, thx! at which stage should I run this powershell code? before the clone starts? do you have a .appveyor file example which uses this?

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 16 Oct, 2014 06:29 PM

   

   You can call it at any place of your build and any number of times.

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4. 4 Posted by gep13 on 17 Oct, 2014 07:06 AM

   

   Note, you may also want to make use of this method:

   http://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-worker-api#set-variable

   Which would allow you to store the external build version as an environment variable, which can then be used in later build steps and scripts.

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5. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:49 AM.