msbuildteamcityteamcity-7.0

How do I pass Branch Name to an MSBuild script in TeamCity?

I've got TeamCity building a configuration across multiple Mercurial branches. As part of the build process, I want to name some output based on the branch being built from.

I've tried using $(TEAMCITY_BUILD_BRANCH), to try to obtain the teamcity.build.branch property from TeamCity, but I only get an empty string. I successfully used $(BUILD_NUMBER) to get the build.number property into the script, so I'm a little confused to what is required.

Solution

  • Just create a build parameter:

    system.branch_name = %teamcity.build.vcs.branch.Your_Project%

    Any non-alpha-numerical chars in the project name should be replaced by "_". In your msbuild use $(branch_name) to reference the parameter.

    Works like charm :-)