#14 vsshistory task

[Jay Vilalta]

This task is similar to the ant vsshistory task in that it
allows you to do diffs between certain versions and/or
dates.

[Felice Vittoria]

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I tried out the vsshistory task and it works great. I have the
following comments:

1. In the 'usage' section (HistoryTask.cs) you say that
outputFile is needed. However, you have [TaskAttribute
("output", Required=true)] so really output is needed. I
would rather have outputFile. Can you make that
modification? I never uploaded a file here before.

2. I am going to recommend that this replace vssdiff (that is,
deprecate vssdiff).

3. I am also going to recommend that this patch
be "promoted" so that it's part of the regular NantContrib
bundle.

Felice

[Jay Vilalta]

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I've updated the vsshistory file with the suggested changes.
The updated file is attached. I have removed the old file as
well.

[Felice Vittoria]

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Thanks! I guess now we wait to see if this becomes part of
the NantContrib bundle.

[Gert Driesen]

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its on my todo list ;-)

[Gert Driesen]

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You should use DateTime backed properties for
the "fromDate" and "toDate" attributes.

The task docs do not mention that an XML file containing the
changes is created. Perhaps include a small extract of a
generated XML file in the task docs.

Also, does the generated XML match that of the Ant
vsshistory task ? Can you verify this ?

[Jay Vilalta]

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I'll update the properties and attach the modified file. as far a
the ANT task goes... I think the output is not XML, but I will
verify this as well.

[Jay Vilalta]

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Here is the updated vsshistory task file. I've made the
changes that Gert requested.
I also checked the Ant vsshistory task and verified that it
actually only produces text output, not an xml file. I would
suggest keeping the output file in xml, although I am open to
making changes to xml schema we use for the output.
I've removed the old vsshistory file and added the new one.

[Jay Vilalta]

[Felice Vittoria]

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I'm in FAVOR of having the xml output for several reasons ..
one of those being that's what vssdiff produces. Can this
funtionality be added back in?

[Jay Vilalta]

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The vsshistory task still produces XML output. I just pointed
out that the Ant task only produces text, since Gert asked
me to. I would also recommend keeping the Nant vsshistory
task's output as XML. We could change the XML schema later
if we tought it necessary. The functionality is still there... it
wasn't removed.

[Gert Driesen]

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I'll try to work on adding some missing stuff :

- recursive attribute
- user attribute
- add support for non-XML output to build log if no output file
is set
- add support for history of a specific item