Workaround for unit testing code that reside in the GAC

The problem I expressed my frustration the other day on twitter when it comes to unit testing and code that reside in GAC (global assembly cache). This problem may occur more often in frameworks that like to put their code in the GAC, like SharePoint for example. Let’s examine this with an example: Imagine the […]

TeamCity Meta-Runner: Semantic Version Build Number

Look at that nice looking SemVer used as a build number in TeamCity. It’s not impossible to get something like that working for you with some script language of choice in a build-runner. However…I just happened to make mine public, as a meta-runner, and others can benefit from it. Note: You can download the meta-runner […]

Creating a TeamCity meta-runner

Starting with TeamCity 8.x you can now “extract” repetitive tasks into build runners, called meta-runners,  that you can re-use without the need for coding a plugin, or as JetBrains themselves like to put it: With a meta-runner, you can easily reuse existing runners, create new runners for typical tasks (e.g. publish to FTP, delete directory, […]

TFS vs. Git…or is it TFS with Git?

Maybe you ended up on this post because you searched for ‘Git vs. TFS’. I hope so. I have seen some debate going on for some time now in twitter about Git versus TFS (here are some examples): If that’s the case I think you’re looking at it from the wrong angle, so to say. […]