# To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at: # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/cicd/templates.html # This specific template is located at: # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/dotNET.gitlab-ci.yml # The following script will work for any project that can be built from command line by msbuild # It uses powershell shell executor, so you need to add the following line to your config.toml file # (located in gitlab-runner.exe directory): # shell = "powershell" # # The script is composed of 3 stages: build, test and deploy. # # The build stage restores NuGet packages and uses msbuild to build the exe and msi # One major issue you'll find is that you can't build msi projects from command line # if you use vdproj. There are workarounds building msi via devenv, but they rarely work # The best solution is migrating your vdproj projects to WiX, as it can be build directly # by msbuild. # # The test stage runs nunit from command line against Test project inside your solution # It also saves the resulting TestResult.xml file # # The deploy stage copies the exe and msi from build stage to a network drive # You need to have the network drive mapped as Local System user for gitlab-runner service to see it # The best way to persist the mapping is via a scheduled task # running the following batch command: net use P: \\x.x.x.x\Projects /u:your_user your_pass /persistent:yes # # You can copy and paste this template into a new `.gitlab-ci.yml` file. # You should not add this template to an existing `.gitlab-ci.yml` file by using the `include:` keyword. # place project specific paths in variables to make the rest of the script more generic variables: EXE_RELEASE_FOLDER: 'YourApp\bin\Release' MSI_RELEASE_FOLDER: 'Setup\bin\Release' TEST_FOLDER: 'Tests\bin\Release' DEPLOY_FOLDER: 'P:\Projects\YourApp\Builds' NUGET_PATH: 'C:\NuGet\nuget.exe' MSBUILD_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\msbuild.exe' NUNIT_PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\NUnit.org\nunit-console\nunit3-console.exe' stages: - build - test - deploy build_job: stage: build only: - tags # the build process will only be started by git tag commits script: - '& "$env:NUGET_PATH" restore' # restore Nuget dependencies - '& "$env:MSBUILD_PATH" /p:Configuration=Release' # build the project artifacts: expire_in: 1 week # save gitlab server space, we copy the files we need to deploy folder later on paths: - '$env:EXE_RELEASE_FOLDER\YourApp.exe' # saving exe to copy to deploy folder - '$env:MSI_RELEASE_FOLDER\YourApp Setup.msi' # saving msi to copy to deploy folder - '$env:TEST_FOLDER\' # saving entire Test project so NUnit can run tests test_job: stage: test only: - tags script: - '& "$env:NUNIT_PATH" ".\$env:TEST_FOLDER\Tests.dll"' # running NUnit tests artifacts: when: always # save test results even when the task fails expire_in: 1 week # save gitlab server space, we copy the files we need to deploy folder later on paths: - '.\TestResult.xml' # saving NUnit results to copy to deploy folder dependencies: - build_job deploy_job: stage: deploy only: - tags script: # Compose a folder for each release based on commit tag. # Assuming your tag is Rev1.0.0.1, and your last commit message is 'First commit' # the artifact files will be copied to: # P:\Projects\YourApp\Builds\Rev1.0.0.1 - First commit\ - '$commitSubject = git log -1 --pretty=%s' - '$deployFolder = $($env:DEPLOY_FOLDER) + "\" + $($env:CI_BUILD_TAG) + " - " + $commitSubject + "\"' # xcopy takes care of recursively creating required folders - 'xcopy /y ".\$env:EXE_RELEASE_FOLDER\YourApp.exe" "$deployFolder"' - 'xcopy /y ".\$env:MSI_RELEASE_FOLDER\YourApp Setup.msi" "$deployFolder"' - 'xcopy /y ".\TestResult.xml" "$deployFolder"' dependencies: - build_job - test_job environment: production