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The MSBuild Community Tasks Project is an open source project for MSBuild tasks.
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The MSBuild Community Tasks Project is an open source project for MSBuild tasks.

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# MSBuild Community Tasks



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The MSBuild Community Tasks Project is an open source project for MSBuild tasks.



[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/16y9eh9swsqn5g8l?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/LoreSoft/msbuildtasks)



[![NuGet Version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/MSBuildTasks.svg)](https://nuget.org/packages/MSBuildTasks)



## Maintainer Wanted



Looking for a new maintainer for this project.  Please let @pwelter34 know if you are interesting in becoming a maintainer for this project.



## Download



The latest build can be downloaded from the releases section.

https://github.com/loresoft/msbuildtasks/releases



The MSBuild Community Tasks library is also available on nuget.org via package name `MSBuildTasks`.



To install MSBuildTasks, run the following command in the Package Manager Console



    PM> Install-Package MSBuildTasks

    

More information about NuGet package avaliable at

https://nuget.org/packages/MSBuildTasks



## Development Builds



Development builds are available on the myget.org feed.  A development build is promoted to the main NuGet feed when it's determined to be stable. 



In your Package Manager settings add the following package source for development builds:

http://www.myget.org/F/loresoft/



## Join Project



Please join the MSBuild Community Tasks Project and help contribute in building the tasks. 



Google Group for MSBuild Community Tasks

https://groups.google.com/d/forum/msbuildtasks



## Current Community Tasks



  

    

          Task

        

    

          Description

        

  

  

    Add

    Add numbers

  

  

    AppPoolController

    Allows control for an application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed.  The default is 

            to control the application pool on the local machine.  If connecting to a remote machine, you can

            specify the  and  for the task

            to run under.

  

  

    AppPoolCreate

    Creates a new application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed.  The default is 

            to create the new application pool on the local machine.  If connecting to a remote machine, you can

            specify the  and  for the task

            to run under.

  

  

    AppPoolDelete

    Deletes an existing application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed.  The default is 

            to delete an existing application pool on the local machine.  If connecting to a remote machine, you can

            specify the  and  for the task

            to run under.

  

  

    AssemblyInfo

    Generates an AssemblyInfo files

  

  

    Attrib

    Changes the attributes of files and/or directories

  

  

    Divide

    Divide numbers

  

  

    EmbedNativeResource

    Embed native (rather than .NET) resource into a DLL or EXE.

  

  

    FileUpdate

    Replace text in file(s) using a Regular Expression.

  

  

    FtpUpload

    Uploads a file using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

  

  

    FxCop

    Uses FxCop to analyse managed code assemblies and reports on

            their design best-practice compliance.

  

  

    GetSolutionProjects

    Task to get paths to projects and project names from VS2005 solution file

  

  

    ILMerge

    A wrapper for the ILMerge tool.

  

  

    Mail

    Sends an email message

  

  

    Multiple

    Multiply numbers

  

  

    MV

    Moves files on the filesystem to a new location.

  

  

    NDoc

    Runs the NDoc application.

  

  

    NUnit

    Run NUnit on a group of assemblies.

  

  

    NUnit3

    Run NUnit3.x on a group of assemblies.

  

  

    RegexMatch

    Task to filter an Input list with a Regex expression.

            Output list contains items from Input list that matched given expression

  

  

    RegexReplace

    Task to replace portions of strings within the Input list

            Output list contains all the elements of the Input list after

            performing the Regex Replace.

  

  

    RegistryRead

    Reads a value from the Registry

  

  

    RegistryWrite

    Writes a value to the Registry

  

  

    Script

    Executes code contained within the task.

  

  

    ServiceController

    Task that can control a Windows service.

  

  

    ServiceQuery

    Task that can determine the status of a specified service

            on a target server.

  

  

    Sleep

    A task for sleeping for a specified period of time.

  

  

    SqlExecute

    Executes a SQL command.

  

  

    Subtract

    Subtract numbers

  

  

    SvnCheckout

    Checkout a local working copy of a Subversion repository.

  

  

    SvnClient

    Subversion client base class

  

  

    SvnCommit

    Subversion Commit command

  

  

    SvnExport

    Export a folder from a Subversion repository

  

  

    SvnInfo

    Run the "svn info" command and parse the output

  

  

    SvnUpdate

    Subversion Update command

  

  

    SvnVersion

    Summarize the local revision(s) of a working copy.

  

  

    TaskSchema

    A Task that generates a XSD schema of the tasks in an assembly.

  

  

    TemplateFile

    A task that replaces tokens in a template file and writes out a new file.

  

  

    Time

    Gets the current date and time.

  

  

    Unzip

    Unzip a file to a target directory.

  

  

    Version

    Get Version information from file.

  

  

    VssAdd

    Task that adds files to a Visual SourceSafe database.

  

  

    VssCheckin

    Task that executes a checkin against a VSS Database.

  

  

    VssCheckout

    Task that executes a checkout of files or projects

            against a Visual SourceSafe database.

  

  

    VssClean

    Task that can strip the source control information from a

            Visual Studio Solution and subprojects.

  

  

    VssDiff

    Task that records differences between the latest version

            of all the items in a Visual SourceSafe project and another version or label

            to a file.

  

  

    VssGet

    Task that retireves an item or project from a Visual SourceSafe database.

  

  

    VssHistory

    Generates an XML file containing details of all changes made

            to a Visual SourceSafe project or file between specified labels or dates.

  

  

    VssLabel

    Task that applies a label to a Visual SourceSafe item.

  

  

    VssUndoCheckout

    Task that undoes a checkout of files or projects

            against a Visual SourceSafe database.

  

  

    WebDirectoryCreate

    Creates a new web directory on a local or remote machine with IIS installed.  The default is 

            to create the new web directory on the local machine.  The physical path is required to already exist

            on the target machine.  If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the 

            and  for the task to run under.

  

  

    WebDirectoryDelete

    Deletes a web directory on a local or remote machine with IIS installed.  The default is 

            to delete the web directory on the local machine.  If connecting to a remote machine, you

            can specify the  and  for the

            task to run under.

  

  

    WebDownload

    Downloads a resource with the specified URI to a local file.

  

  

    XmlRead

    Reads a value from a XML document using a XPath.

  

  

    XmlUpdate

    Updates a XML document using a XPath.

  

  

    Xslt

    A task to merge and transform

             a set of xml files.

  

  

    Zip

    Create a zip file with the files specified.

  



    

## Getting Started



In order to use the tasks in this project, you need to import the MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets files. 



If you installed the project with the msi installer, you can use the following.



    



Alternatively if you want to get started with the nuget packages please add the following.

  

    

        $(SolutionDir)\.build

      

 

    



## License



Copyright (c) 2016, LoreSoft

All rights reserved.



Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:



- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

- Neither the name of LoreSoft nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.



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