TeamCity, how to get names of the files edited

Question

I am using TeamCity and I am new to it. I have added a Build Configuration to the TeamCity and I created one VCS root to attach to it.

However, my project have a special requirement to detect a particular file that was changed in the VCS root location and use that file in build step. I am sure this could be done in TeamCity, I am not able to figure out how.

Any help? Thanks,

Answer 1

To get the names of the files changed this is what I did. Thanks to Sam Jones.

I used System.TeamCity.build.changedFiles.file variable as follows.

1. Add a command line build step
2. Select Run as Custom Script
3. Add the script copy "%system.teamcity.build.changedFiles.file%" changelog.txt in script box.

You will get the changes in changelog.txt file in the format specified on this link.

NOTE: teamcity.build.changedFiles.file does not work. You need to use system.teamcity.build.changedFiles.file

Answer 2

It sounds like you want a VCS Trigger that specifies VCS Trigger Rules, so that a build configuration will run when someone makes a change to a particular file. The documentation has some nice examples of how to do this. If you're trying to trigger a build on one particular file, try this:

+:foo/bar.txt

This excludes all files from the trigger rule and then includes bar.txt in the foo directory. Paths are relative to the root of the repository (do not include a preceding slash). If someone modifies foo/bar.txt, the build configuration will be triggered to run.

VCS Trigger Rules also support pattern matching and all sorts of other options. Check out the documentation.