TFS 2015 no longer adds build number to global list after build is complete?

Question

Does the new TFS 2015 build system have the ability to automatically add the build number to the global list (Build - Project Name) after the build is completed?

Do I need to write a custom PowerShell task to accomplish this?

Note: XAML assemblies still add the assembly number to the global list, as before.

Answer 1

[disclaimer - I am working on a new build system]

This global work item list is a mechanism related to the original version of TFS. This is one of those who worked on this day and in age (days of nightly assembly, up to the level of CI and CD). It starts to fall apart and does not appear as the correct relationship in TFS. I was working on WIT at the time, and we need a request mechanism and what we had (blame me :)

So, when we started a new build system, we did not want to rebuild things and repeat the same mistakes. We are trying to make a flexible, incremental approach to a better build system.

In the next sprint (88), we begin work on the right relationships between assemblies and work items, and the WIT team also does the work to make them more first-class. The first thing you will see is a link to the WIT form, and we also hope to make QU1 (at least part of it).

We understand that this leaves several gaps, but we are working to close them (sources with closed and labels are the other two) and, I hope, better for a better long-term product.

As for the workaround, it can be automated using powershell and our clients, but we have nothing that could be used for others.

Answer 2

Since there are still no functions in the vNext build system, I created a PowerShell script that runs Job. In the near future, I plan to update this script to support filling the IntegratedIn field and transform the script as a custom build task.

[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param() function Update-GlobalListXml { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param( [xml]$globalListsDoc, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$glName, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$buildNumber ) Write-Verbose "Checking whether '$glName' exists" $buildList = $globalListsDoc.GLOBALLISTS.GLOBALLIST | Where-Object { $_.name -eq $glName } if ($buildList -eq $null) { Write-Host "GlobalList '$glName' does not exist and will be created" $globalLists = $globalListsDoc.GLOBALLISTS if($globalLists.OuterXml -eq $null) { $newDoc = [xml]"<gl:GLOBALLISTS xmlns:gl="""http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/globallists"""></gl:GLOBALLISTS>" $globalLists = $newDoc.GLOBALLISTS } $globalList = $globalLists.OwnerDocument.CreateElement("GLOBALLIST") $globalList.SetAttribute("name", $glName) $buildList = $globalLists.AppendChild($globalList) } if(($buildList.LISTITEM | where-object { $_.value -eq $buildNumber }) -ne $null) { throw "The LISTITEM value: '$buildNumber' already exists in the GLOBALLIST: '$glName'" } Write-Host "Adding '$buildNumber' as a new LISTITEM in '$glName'" $build = $buildList.OwnerDocument.CreateElement("LISTITEM") $build.SetAttribute("value", $buildNumber) $buildList.AppendChild($build) | out-null return $buildList.OwnerDocument } function Invoke-GlobalListAPI() { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemStore]$wiStore, [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Import")][switch]$import, [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Import")][xml]$globalLists, [parameter(ParameterSetName="Export")][switch]$export ) try { if($import) { $wiStore.ImportGlobalLists($globalLists.OuterXml) # Account must be explicitly in the Project Administrator Group } if($export) { return [xml]$wiStore.ExportGlobalLists() } } catch [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TeamFoundationServerException] { Write-Error "An error has occured while exporting or importing GlobalList" throw $_ } } function Get-WorkItemStore() { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$tpcUri, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$agentWorker ) # Loads client API binaries from agent folder $clientDll = Join-Path $agentWorker "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.dll" $wiTDll = Join-Path $agentWorker "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll" [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($clientDll) | Write-Verbose [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($wiTDll) | Write-Verbose try { Write-Host "Connecting to $tpcUri" $tfsTpc = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory]::GetTeamProjectCollection($tpcUri) return $tfsTpc.GetService([Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemStore]) } catch [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TeamFoundationServerException] { Write-Error "An error has occured while retrieving WorkItemStore" throw $_ } } function Get-WITDataStore64 { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param() if($env:VS140COMNTOOLS -eq $null) { throw New-Object System.InvalidOperationException "Visual Studio 2015 must be installed on the build agent" # TODO: Change it by checking agent capabilities } $idePath = Join-Path (Split-Path -Parent $env:VS140COMNTOOLS) "IDE" return Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path $idePath -Filter "Microsoft.WITDataStore64.dll" | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty FullName } function Update-GlobalList { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$false)] param() # Get environment variables $tpcUri = $env:SYSTEM_TEAMFOUNDATIONCOLLECTIONURI Write-Verbose "Team Project Collection Url: '$tpcUri'" $teamProjectName = $env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECT Write-Verbose "Team Project: '$teamProjectName'" $buildNumber = $env:BUILD_BUILDNUMBER Write-Verbose "Build Number: '$buildNumber'" $agentHome = $env:AGENT_HOMEDIRECTORY Write-Verbose "Agent home direrctory: '$agentHome'" $globalListName = "Builds - $teamProjectName" Write-Verbose "GlobalList name: '$teamProjectName'" # Copy 'Microsoft.WITDataStore64.dll' from Visual Studio directory to AgentBin directory if it does not exist $agentWorker = Join-Path $agentHome "agent\Worker" $targetPath = Join-Path $agentWorker "Microsoft.WITDataStore64.dll" # Only compatible with x64 process #TODO use constant instead if(-not (Test-Path $targetPath)) { $wITDataStore64FilePath = Get-WITDataStore64 Write-Host "Copying $wITDataStore64FilePath to $targetPath" Copy-Item $wITDataStore64FilePath $targetPath | Write-Verbose } $wiStore = Get-WorkItemStore -tpcUri $tpcUri -agentWorker $agentWorker # Retrive GLOBALLISTS $xmlDoc = Invoke-GlobalListAPI -export -wiStore $wiStore $gls2 = Update-GlobalListXml -globalListsDoc $xmlDoc -glName $globalListName -buildNumber $buildNumber Invoke-GlobalListAPI -import -globalLists $gls2 -wiStore $wiStore } Update-GlobalList 

Here is the Github repo link, feedback is welcome => https://github.com/GregoryOtt/UpdateWiBuildNum/blob/master/Update-GlobalList.ps1