SIL.ReleaseTasks 3.0.0

SIL.ReleaseTasks package

SIL.ReleaseTasks provides several release related tasks that can work with a CHANGELOG.md file.

Tasks in the SIL.ReleaseTasks nuget package:

CreateChangelogEntry task

Given a Changelog file, this task will add an entry to the debian changelog (debian/changelog). The changelog can be a markdown file and can follow the Keep a Changelog conventions.

Properties

• ChangelogFile: The name (and path) of the markdown-style changelog file (required)

• VersionNumber: The version number to put in the debian changelog (required)

• PackageName: The name of the product/package (required)

• DebianChangelog: The path and name of the debian changelog file (required)

• Distribution: The name of the distribution to put in the debian changelog entry. Defaults to UNRELEASED

• Urgency: The value to put in the urgency field in the debian changelog. Defaults to low

• MaintainerInfo: Name and e-mail of the maintainer. Defaults to Anonymous <anonymous@example.com>

Example

<UsingTask TaskName="CreateChangelogEntry" AssemblyFile="SIL.ReleaseTasks.dll" />

<Target Name="Test">
  <CreateChangelogEntry ChangelogFile="$(RootDir)/CHANGELOG.md" VersionNumber="3.0.1"
    PackageName="myfavoriteapp" DebianChangelog="$(RootDir)/debian/changelog"
    Distribution="stable" Urgency="high" MaintainerInfo="John Doe &lt;john_doe@example.com&gt;" />
</Target>

This uses the markdown file CHANGELOG.md and VersionNumber to generate a changelog entry in the DebianChangeLog file giving the author credit to John Doe.

CreateReleaseNotesHtml task

Given a markdown-style changelog file, this class will generate a release notes HTML file. The changelog can be a markdown file and can follow the Keep a Changelog conventions.

If the HTML file already exists, the task will look for a section with class="releasenotes" and replace it with the current release notes.

Properties

• ChangelogFile: The name (and path) of the markdown-style changelog file (required)

• HtmlFile: The name (and path) of the output HTML file (required)

Example

<UsingTask TaskName="CreateReleaseNotesHtml" AssemblyFile="SIL.ReleaseTasks.dll" />

<Target Name="Test">
  <CreateReleaseNotesHtml ChangelogFile="$(RootDir)/CHANGELOG.md"
    HtmlFile="$(OutputDir)/ReleaseNotes.html" />
</Target>

This generates a ReleaseNotes.html file by creating a new file or by replacing the <div class='releasenotes'> in an existing .htm with a generated one.

StampChangelogFileWithVersion task

Replaces the first line in a markdown-style Changelog/Release file with the version and date. The changelog can be a markdown file and can follow the Keep a Changelog conventions.

This assumes that a temporary line is currently at the top: e.g. ## DEV_VERSION_NUMBER: DEV_RELEASE_DATE

Properties

• ChangelogFile: The name (and path) of the markdown-style changelog file (required)

• VersionNumber: The version number to put in the changelog file (required)

• DateTimeFormat: The format string used to output the date. Default: yyyy-MM-dd

Example

<UsingTask TaskName="StampChangelogFileWithVersion" AssemblyFile="SIL.ReleaseTasks.dll" />

<Target Name="Test">
  <StampChangelogFileWithVersion ChangelogFile="$(RootDir)/CHANGELOG.md"
    VersionNumber="1.0.3" DateTimeFormat="dd/MMM/yyyy" />
</Target>

This stamps the CHANGELOG.md file with the version numbers (replacing the first line with '## VERSION_NUMBER DATE').

SetReleaseNotesProperty task

Sets a property to the changes mentioned in the topmost release in a CHANGELOG.md file. This is a markdown file that follows the Keep a Changelog conventions.

Properties

• ChangelogFile: The name (and path) of the markdown-style changelog file. Defaults to ../CHANGELOG.md.

• VersionRegex: Regular expression to extract the version number from the subheadings in the changelog file. Default: #+ \[([^]]+)\]

• AppendToReleaseNotesProperty: Text that gets added to the end of the property

• Value (output parameter): The name of the property that will be set

• FilterEntries: Filters out entries that do not belong to a specific nuget package, when enabled.

Example

<UsingTask TaskName="SetReleaseNotesProperty" AssemblyFile="SIL.ReleaseTasks.dll" />

<Target Name="Test">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TextToAdd><![CDATA[
See full changelog at https://github.com/sillsdev/SIL.BuildTasks/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md]]>
    </TextToAdd>
    <FilterEntries>true</FilterEntries>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <SetReleaseNotesProperty ChangelogFile="$(RootDir)/CHANGELOG.md"
    AppendToReleaseNotesProperty="$(TextToAdd)">
    <Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="ReleaseNotes" />
  </SetReleaseNotesProperty>
</Target>

Automatically create release notes

By adding the SIL.ReleaseTasks nuget package to a project, the PackageReleaseNotes property will be automatically set when creating a nuget package of the .csproj project. This works with the new .csproj format that comes with VS 2017 and that defines the nuget package in the .csproj file.

If you don't want to automatically set the PackageReleaseNotes property, you can set the IgnoreSetReleaseNotesProp property to true.

By default the changelog file is expected in ../CHANGELOG.md. The name and path can be changed by setting the ChangelogFile property.

Keep a Changelog doesn't make any recommendations in what form versions should be put in the changelog. The default for the SetReleaseNotesProperty task follows the example given on the Keep a Changelog website, which puts the version number in square brackets, e.g. ## [1.0.0] - 2017-06-20. However, it's possible to set the VersionRegex property to allow parsing different formats.

NOTE: Due to msbuild bug #3468 the escape character is @ instead of \ (backslash)! To insert @ in the regular expression, double it: @@.