newversion.cmd

Owned by reinhard reinhard (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Apr 13, 2010Version comment
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newversion.cmd replaces the re-motion assemblies in a given project for those from a new version. This tool assumes that the (PhoneBook) project's
assemblies are stored in the Remotion\net-3.5\bin\Debug subdirectory. The tool uses the unzipper 7z.exe to unpack a given Remotion_X.zip file from the Development directory on the development server.

Unfortunately, 7z.exe can't extract specific files from an archive. We must extract everything into a temporary ("scratch") directory and cherry-pick the files from the scratch\net-3.5\bin\Debug subdirectory. These files are copied to the specified project. Before copying, the specified target Remotion\net-3.5\bin\Debug sub-directory is deleted recursively.

usage

In the tools directory (or wherever), incant

newversion C:\PhoneBook-SVN 1.13.13.0

This replaces all files in C:\PhoneBook-SVN\Remotion\net-3.5\bin\Debug for the net-3.5\bin\Debug files in the Remotion_1.13.13.0.zip files.

you are not done yet

newversion.cmd ONLY replaces the assemblies. It does not upgrade the referneces in the projects (PhoneBook.Domain, PhoneBook.Sample, PhoneBook.Web). For instruction what to do next, see Upgrading to a new re-motion version

Room for improvement

A stupid weakness is the tool's shotgun-approach to deleting files. The recursive "delete all" semantics covers the .svn directories, too. This doesn't do any harm, because these directories are write-protected. However, trying to delete the .svn directories IS scary. A more selective approach would be better.

Where to get 7z

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html – it is free (open source)

newversion.cmd assumes there is a path to 7z