I've read a few good posts on automating build processes, however, what I'm interested in is not just a build process, but publishing.
I have several websites and services that use a base model. When I change that model (which won't happen very often), all sites/services will have to be rebuilt and published to their appropriate target directories (already contained in their config).
All project folders exist in one folder.
The approach I am considering is to use MSBuild to run a script from the the main folder, with a named list of projects to build/publish.
I have found a good example on creating a build script for MSBuild here, however, this only satisfies the build for one project.
How would I have the process go through a named list of projects/directories to perform the same build/publish script on?
Thanks.
So I finally had time to take a look at this again.
I created the following MSBuild script that resides in a folder at the same level of all the websites I have.
And is called like this:
Works great for one site, however I'd like a batch-related solution that reads a text file. For each entry in that text file execute the build process.
I easily write a .Net console app to to this, but overkill, and I'd like to know how to accomplish this using some for looping mechanisms in batch files.