LLCard:
Bob's recommendation to get the Nant book is excellent advice.
Some thoughts on a few issues that you mention:
I have created at Gomez an extensive build and configuration management
system using CruiseControl.NET and Nant. This system makes widespread
use of reusable Nant files and tasks. In addition, there are Nant
include files which contain local, global and machine specific property
settings so that the system can be deployed on other host machines with
a clear and unambiguous means to set the environment for that host.
We now have Nant targets for build, clean, rebuild, etc., and as well
for all manner of version tagging, automated deployment, Subversion
updating, version differencing, etc., etc.
After over a year of development, I found that putting all of my
'master' Nant scripts in a single directory OUTSIDE of my normal source
working directory works very well.
Then, within the source working directory, I place a single Nant .build
script in each directory within the hierarchy. These scripts are
derived from one of several 'template' scripts that I've created for
different node / project types:
.NET web/webservice application
.NET windows service
.NET windows console
.NET windows forms application
C++ application
trunk directory
parent directory
The systems is designed so that I can go to any point in the directory
hierarchy and execute a Nant task. If appropriate, the Nant script will
recurse into the various sub-directories and apply the task to each
subsequent build script.
As such, my master build script becomes the build script in the top-most
directory of my source working directory. I've tried many ways of
managing large build systems and, so far, this is most effective.
Hope this helps and gives you a place to start.
Ken Parrish
Gomez, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: LLCard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:38 PM
To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [NAnt-users] Beginner Questions
Hi Folks,
I am just beginning to start using NAnt and CruiseControl.Net that I
have
set up on my home machine with an SVN repository using Apache. I have a
couple easy builds already working and can see them in CCTray. I have
added
2 projects to the ccnet.config file that point to 2 different build
files in
a build root folder. My thoughts were to keep all build files at this
build
root level. This is kool stuff.
What I am hoping to do is find some examples of how others have made
their
build scripts resuable. I cant seem to find examples out there so I am
hoping there are some folks on here that would be willing to share their
ccnet.config files and build files so I can look and use as examples or
point me to a place where I can find this kind of information.
Thanks
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