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James
James

Reputation: 1058

Use TFBuild variables in steps in TFS 2015

I need use the $(Rev) property in an argument passed to MSBuild as part of my build process. I have defined MajorVersion, MinorVersion and PatchVersion as variables in my build definition, and I can use these in my arguments. If I pass an argument to MSBuild that contains this string: $(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)-beta$(Rev:r) it evaluates to something like 1.3.2-beta$(Rev:r), which causes problems. If I pass this argument: $(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)-beta$(Build.BuildId) then it correctly resolves to something like 1.3.2-beta204. I also in time would like to replace the SemVer tag with a variable, e.g. beta, rc, etc., so I can adopt a git-flow approach to my builds and versioning.

Any ideas why $(Rev) isn't usable?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 569

Answers (1)

KMoraz
KMoraz

Reputation: 14164

Don't confuse build number format tokens with build variables.

$(Rev:.r) is a one of the tokens, resolved by the TFS build in runtime. You were correct to pass the resolved variable which encapsulates the build number format. Alternatively, you can use $(Build.BuildNumber) in MSBuild with build number format 1.3.2-beta$(Rev:.r)

Upvotes: 2

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