NAntContrib Help Task Reference <vssget> | v0.85-rc3 |
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Used to retrieve an item or project from a Visual Source Safe database.
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
localpath | directory | The path to the local working directory. | True |
filetimestamp | FileTimestamp | Set the behavior for timestamps of local files. The default is Current . |
False |
recursive | bool | Determines whether to perform the get recursively. The default is true. | False |
removedeleted | bool | Determines whether files marked "deleted" in the repository will be removed from the local copy. The default is false. | False |
replace | bool | Determines whether to replace writable files. The default is false. | False |
usemodtime | bool | Deprecated. Determines whether the timestamp on the local copy will be the modification time (if false or omitted, the checkout time will be used) | False |
writable | bool | Determines whether the files will be writable. The default is false. | False |
dbpath | file | The path to the folder that contains "srcsafe.ini". | True |
path | string | The Visual SourceSafe project or file path you wish the perform the action on (starting with "$/"). | True |
failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False |
if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False |
password | string | The password to use to login to the SourceSafe database. | False |
unless | bool | Opposite of if . If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. |
False |
user | string |
Deprecated. The name of the user needed to access the Visual SourceSafe database. When no username is specified and "Use network name for automatic user log in" is enabled, then the current Windows username will be used to log in. |
False |
username | string | The name of the user needed to access the Visual SourceSafe database. When no username is specified and "Use network name for automatic user log in" is enabled for the Visual SourceSafe database, then the current Windows username will be used to log in. |
False |
verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False |
version | string | A version of the path to reference. Accepts multiple forms, including the label, version number, or date of the version. If omitted, the latest version is used. | False |
Get the latest files from a local sourcesafe database.
<vssget user="myusername" password="mypassword" localpath="C:\Dev\Latest" recursive="true" replace="true" writable="true" dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini" path="$/MyProduct" />
Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Put it in a relative directory.
<vssget user="myusername" password="mypassword" localpath="Latest" recursive="true" replace="true" writable="true" dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini" path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs" />
Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Remove any deleted files from local image.
<vssget user="myusername" password="mypassword" localpath="C:\Dev\Latest" recursive="true" replace="true" writable="true" removedeleted="true" dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini" path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs" />