NServiceBus Contrib

To build the NServiceBus Contrib you need to have Ruby installed. You can get the latest Ruby Installer from http://rubyinstaller.org

You'll also need the Albacore gem, version 0.1.5 (current version 0.2.2 is not yet supported), to run the rakefiles

    
        gem install albacore
    

Template rakefile for projects

The NServiceBus Contrib uses a single root rakefile wich calls every rakefile it can find in the subdirectories and executes the 'build' task. For the moment, put the _rakefiletemplate in the same folder as your .sln-file and rename it "rakefile".

    
    gem 'albacore', '<= 0.1.5'
    require 'albacore'
    require 'FileUtils'

    COMPILE_TARGET = "debug" unless defined?(COMPILE_TARGET)
    PLATFORM = "Any CPU" unless defined?(PLATFORM)

    build_dir = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/build"

    # Change these two to match your solution and project
    solution_file = "SolutionFile.sln"
    project_directory = "ProjectRootDirectory"

    task :default => ['build']

    desc "Prepares the working directory for a new build"
    task :clean do
        unless defined?(GLOBAL_BUILD_DIR) then
            FileUtils.rm_rf build_dir
            Dir.mkdir build_dir
        end
    end 

    desc "Compile the project"
    msbuild :compile do |msb|
        msb.properties :configuration => COMPILE_TARGET, :platform => PLATFORM
        msb.targets :Clean, :Build
        msb.solution = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/#{solution_file}" 
        msb.command = File.join(ENV['windir'], 'Microsoft.NET', 'Framework', 'v4.0.30319', 'MSBuild.exe') 
    end

    task :build => [:clean, :compile] do  

        if defined?(GLOBAL_BUILD_DIR) then
            copyOutputFiles File.dirname(__FILE__)+ "/#{project_directory}/bin/#{COMPILE_TARGET}", "*.{dll,exe,config,pdb}", "#{GLOBAL_BUILD_DIR}/#{project_directory}"
        else
            copyOutputFiles File.dirname(__FILE__)+ "/#{project_directory}/bin/#{COMPILE_TARGET}", "*.{dll,exe,config,pdb}", build_dir
        end
    end 

    def copyOutputFiles(fromDir, filePattern, outDir)
      mkdir outDir unless File.exists? outDir
      Dir.glob(File.join(fromDir, filePattern)){|file|      
        copy(file, outDir) if File.file?(file)
      } 
    end
    

If you have several projects in your solution, just add a copyOutputFiles for those projects too.