IT:AD:TeamCity:Nuget

• Procedure:
  • Find TeamCity Data directory
  • C:_System\TeamCity.BuildServer\plugins\
  • Stick downloaded zip there
  • Stop TeamCity server
  • Start TeamCity server
  • You'll see a new tab on Server Administrator page
  • Using NuGet Install option from behind Proxy failed.
  • Instead:
    • chose Custom and defined a path. That said space in c:\Program Files\ caused it to fail. Worked when installed to c:\Nuget\. Might have worked as well if I chosen an %env….% defined path.
    • Found this alternate Workaround mentioned on web: http://bit.ly/tfQEHR that led to http://bit.ly/sEvdSG
• Resources:

  • http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2011/08/native-nuget-support-in-teamcity/
  • http://confluence.jetbrains.net/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40702877

There are two ways of doing it:

• Getting TC to do a build of the .sln first, and then invoke Nuget against a *.nuspec for a project within the solution. Getting TC to invoke Nuget directly against a *.csproj file, and it will build the project, then the *.nupkg.
• Using *.nuspec:
  • XAct.Core.nuspec placed beside XAct.Core.csproj
  • TeamCity settings:
    • Specification file: XAct.Core\XAct.Core\XAct.Core_Debug.nuspec
    • Base Directory= XAct.Core\XAct.Core
    • Path = (Custom) c:\Nuget\Nuget.exe
  • Pros:

    • Works.
    • Total control
    • Cons:
    • A lot of custom work in the .nuspec
      Using .csproj: * As it is nuget that is running the build, and it's entry point is the *.csproj ([CHECKOUTDIR]\XAct.Core\XAct.Core\XAct.Core.csproj), it artificially sets the SolutionDir to the folder above it (eg: [CHECKOUTDIR]\XAct.Core\). * As the SolutionDir is used by the *.csproj to import the Nuget.target file (<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" />), it is never found (one dir to deep): '…The imported project “…\work\f5a3a0936d0bc94c\xact.core.nuget\NuGet.targets” was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk." * Tried: * Setting CommandLine to /Property:SolutionDir=<sln Dir>` didn't work (the COmmand Line is for the NuGet – not the MSBuild?) * Benefits: * Once working, it would be automated. * Cons: * Couldn't get it to work without a hack: had to put the .nuget directory in the the XAct.Core directory otherwise never found it. * Much more difficult to get right. http://bit.ly/sFBEk2 andhttp://bit.ly/rAXjKX