Question

I am creating a custom activity for my build in TFS 2010, and I need to pass the activity the source control folder for the current build definition.

I need this as it is defined on the Workspace screen in the build definition screen, such as a string like “$/Project/Folder”.

I can’t find the appropriate property to pass as an argument to my activity. I’ve found BuildDetail.TeamProject just returned “Project”, but haven’t had much success with anything else.

Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

You can create a property like

public InArgument<Workspace> CurrentWorkspace { get; set;}

In the overriden execute method you can access the workspace like

var workspace = context.GetValue<Workspace>(this.CurrentWorkspace);
foreach (var folder in workspace.Folders)
{
   //
}

To use the Workspace type you need an using to

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;

For detailed information look at Ewald Hofmans blog