Using Powershell to checkin zip file to TFS - powershell

Question

My build server is doing all the steps necessary to build a zip of the new website. I would like to add a step to checkin zipfile to TFS. I have created a ps1 file to perform the checkin. I am running it in ISE so there is no dependency on having TeamCity. Here are the errors that I am seeing.
No matter how I do workspace.GET, it does not get the latest code
from the server.
Even when I change a file on the hard drive it
does not see changes.
Because no changes are detected the zip is
not checked in to TFS.
Here is the code....
#============================================================================
# Method to check in all zip files
#
# Example of WorkingDir passed in
# "D:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\281509782e84e723\Powershell"
#
# Example of where freshly created zips live
# "D:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\281509782e84e723\Zips"
#
# this script is based on
# From https://github.com/mmessano/PowerShell/blob/master/TFSCheckIn.ps1
# From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25917753/check-a-file-into-tfs-using-powershell
# from http://lennartjansson2.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/setting-tfs-vcs-security-with-ps-2/
#
#============================================================================
function StackOverflow {
Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$WorkingDir )
Write-BuildLog "Inside StackOverflow"
# Get the direcory where new zips where built
$NewZipFiles = $WorkingDir + "\..\Zips\*"
# This is the url to the TFS server + Project collection
$tfsServer = "YourServerAndCollection";
# this is the full path on server where zips live
# You need to start description with $
$tfsServerPath = "$/MyProject/FullPathToDirwithZips"
# Where on local hard drive should files from TFS be placed
$LocalCkoutDir = "D:\MyLocalHDPath"
# Debug print var to verify correct
Write-BuildLog "NewZipFiles => $NewZipFiles"
Write-BuildLog "tfsServer => $tfsServer"
Write-BuildLog "tfsServerPath => $tfsServerPath"
Write-BuildLog "LocalCkoutDir => $LocalCkoutDir"
# Get the TeamCity build number
#$VarName = "BUILD_NUMBER"
#$TeamCityVersionNbr = (get-item env:$VarName).Value
$TeamCityVersionNbr = "MyProject_03_02_81"
Write-BuildLog "Version Nbr $TeamCityVersionNbr"
$CheckInComment = "Check in zips for $BuildNumber"
# Load the assemblies needed for TFS:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client") | out-null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Common") | out-null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client") | out-null
#Set up connection to TFS Server and get version control
$tfs = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TeamFoundationServerFactory]::GetServer($tfsServer)
$versionControlType = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer]
$versionControlServer = $tfs.GetService($versionControlType)
#check to see if workspace already exists. If it does delete it.
$WorkSpaceNameForCheckIn = "TeamCityWorkspace"
$ThisBoxName = [System.Environment]::MachineName
$test = $versionControlServer.QueryWorkspaces( $WorkSpaceNameForCheckIn, $versionControlServer.AuthenticatedUser, $ThisBoxName )
if ( $test.length -eq 1 )
{
$test[0].Delete()
}
# Generate a workspace
$workspace = $versionControlServer.CreateWorkspace($WorkSpaceNameForCheckIn);
# Map Server path to local path
$workspace.Map($tfsServerPath, $LocalCkoutDir)
# DEBUG: build filename of a zip.
# We will overwrite this file to test the get
$file = "AZipFileThatExists.zip"
$filePath = $LocalCkoutDir + "\" + $file
"hello world" | Out-File $filePath
# I tried the simple get but it does not get
# Get the zip files from the server to local directory
$getstatus = $workspace.Get()
# Csharp way of doing it
#workspace.Map(projectPath, workingDirectory);
# var myItemSpec = new ItemSpec(projectPath, RecursionType.Full);
#GetRequest request = new GetRequest(myItemSpec, VersionSpec.Latest);
#GetStatus status = workspace.Get(request, GetOptions.GetAll | GetOptions.Overwrite); // this line doesn't do anything - no failures or er
# This does not work either
# Powershell checkout the file. Overwrite if file exists. Get even if TFS thinks it is up to date.
$NewItemSpec = New-Object Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.ItemSpec ( $tfsServerPath, [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.RecursionType]::Full)
$NewRequest = New-Object Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.GetRequest( $NewItemSpec, [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionSpec]::Latest)
$getstatus = $workspace.Get( $NewRequest, [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.GetOptions]::GetAll -bOr [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.GetOptions]::Overwrite )
# I have not tested the rest of this since the "get" does not work.
# Mark the files before we refresh them with new zips
$result = $workspace.PendEdit($LocalCkoutDir)
# Copy zips that where built by TeamCity to checkin direcory
Copy-Item $NewZipFiles $LocalCkoutDir -force -recurse
# check if we have some pending changes. If we do checkin changes
$pendings = $workspace.GetPendingChanges();
if($pendings.Count -gt 0){
$result = $workspace.CheckIn($pendings, $CheckInComment);
Write-BuildLog "Changes where checked in";
}
else
{
Write-BuildLog "No changes found";
}
# delete the workspace
$result = $workspace.Delete()
}
#============================================================================
# Write to the build log
#============================================================================
function Write-BuildLog {
param( [Parameter( Mandatory=$true)] $Message
)
write-host $Message
#write-host "##teamcity[message text='" + $Message + "']"
}
$myDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
StackOverflow $myDir

Answer 1

use the tf command line
Example for checkin:
cd C:\TFS\Arquitectura
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe checkin $/Arquitectura/Main /recursive
On Windows x64
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe" checkin $/Arquitectura/Main /recursive
See for more information on the tf commandline: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z51z7zy0(v=VS.90).aspx
Only learning curve about use tf.exe with Powershell. Maybe source code sample is required.
Source: Scripting TFS Command Line for Get Latest Version, Check Out and Check in, programmatically