Question

How do I setup StyleCop 4.5.25 (via NuGet package manager in VS2010) to integrate with MSBuild?

I currently have StyleCop 4.4 and the following setup:
http://stylecop.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Running%20StyleCop%20in%20VS2005%20or%20VS%20Express&referringTitle=Documentation

My goal is to switch from the current setup to using Nuget as my package manager for Stylecop while retaining the biuld integration. There are only 2 files in the package installed by Nuget(src\packages\StyleCop.4.5.25.0\lib\net35): StyleCop.dll and StyleCop.CSharp.dll. Since there is no targets file, I am not sure how to integrate this new version.

Answer 1

In your msbuild file add:

<!--this will import stylecop as a task -->
<UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(StyleCopInstallDirectory)Microsoft.StyleCop.dll" TaskName="StyleCopTask"/>

<Target Name="RunStyleCop" >
    <StyleCopTask
        ProjectFullPath="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
        SourceFiles="@(StyleCopFiles)"
        ForceFullAnalysis="$(StyleCopForceFullAnalysis)"
        DefineConstants="$(DefineConstants)"
        TreatErrorsAsWarnings="$(StyleCopTreatErrorsAsWarnings)"
        CacheResults="$(StyleCopCacheResults)"
        OverrideSettingsFile="$(StyleCopOverrideSettingsFile)" />
</Target>