how to get changeset for gatecheck programmatically in c#

Question

Hi,

When gated check in is triggered i need to send the changeset in the notification mail. how can i do that in c#.

Answer 1

You mean when it is started? Then the CS number is not yet known. It'll be known when the build is finished.

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Answer 2

is there any other process to get the changeset while running the build through c# code

Answer 3

Hi Ajay,

Thanks for your post!

About this issue I am trying to involve someone familiar with it. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Best Regards,

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Cathy Kong [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 4

Not on a gated checkin. The information available is the latest CS number which was used to build the workspace. After creation of the workspace Team Build will unshelve the changes for the gated checkin.

After the build succesfully finishes the changes are checkin into TFS and a new Changeset number is generated. In the build workflow you can look for this point (it's way down in the workflow) and after that point you'll have access to the actual CS number that was generated by the build.

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Answer 5

Hi Ajay,

Jesse’s answer is correct. I  just to offer another possible option.   Another possibility  outside of a build script would be to check if an event is fired when doing a gated check in.  If an event does fire, you could write a trigger attached to that event.   Take a look at this tool on CodePlex.  You install it on the TFS server.

http://tfseventsubscription.codeplex.com/

This tool allows you to monitor events and send an e-mail.

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Trevor Hancock (Microsoft)
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