Question

I want to create create a label (tag) in the SVN with a file’s version.

I’m already renaming the artifact by getting the file version of the main executable produced by the build. Such as: MyInstaller-1.2.3.1.exe. Now I want to create a tag in the SVN called /tags/1.2.3.1. I couldn’t find a way to set such a thing in the labeling pattern.

Currently my labeling is just “%system.build.number%”

Any idea about how to do this?

I’m using TeamCity Professional Version 4.5.3 (build 9035)

Answer 1

As someone mentioned, you can output the build number during the execution of the build script, and teamcity will use that output to label the build. For example, I label my build with the same version that I put into AssemblyInfo.cs. Part of that version (Major, Minor) is actually in the file already, the other part (Build, Revision) gets added during the build.

From my msbuild script:

<Target Name="Setup">
    <!-- Version.txt contains the major and minor version numbers, 
         The build number and revision come from environment variables
         in the next step -->
    <Version VersionFile="Version.txt" BuildType="None" RevisionType="None">
        <Output TaskParameter="Major" PropertyName="Major" />
        <Output TaskParameter="Minor" PropertyName="Minor" />
    </Version>

    <!-- If you want to build a release without going through the build
         server, you should define the following 2 environment variables
         when running this build script -->

    <!-- BUILD_NUMBER environment variable supplied by the build server -->
    <CreateProperty
        Value="$(BUILD_NUMBER)">
        <Output
            TaskParameter="Value"
            PropertyName="Build" />
    </CreateProperty>

    <!-- BUILD_VCS_NUMBER environment variable supplied by the build server -->
    <CreateProperty
        Value="$(BUILD_VCS_NUMBER)">
        <Output
            TaskParameter="Value"
            PropertyName="Revision" />
    </CreateProperty>       

    <AssemblyInfo CodeLanguage="CS"  
        OutputFile="Properties\VersionInfo.cs" 
        AssemblyVersion="$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision)" 
        AssemblyFileVersion="$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision)" />

    <!-- Tell the build server what our actual build number is -->
    <Message Text="##teamcity[buildNumber '$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision)']" />
</Target>

you just output the version during the build the format is ##teamcity[buildNumber '<buildnum>']