Alienbrain Source Control Block - CruiseControl.NET

Alienbrain Configuration Examples

Example using defaults:

<sourcecontrol type="alienbrain">
   <server>MyServer</server>
   <database>MyDatabase</database>
   <username>Username</username>
   <password>Password</password>
   <project>ab://myprojectpath</project>
</sourcecontrol>

Full example:

<sourcecontrol type="alienbrain">
   <server>MyServer</server>
   <database>MyDatabase</database>
   <username>Username</username>
   <password>Password</password>
   <project>ab://myprojectpath</project>
   <executable>c:\alienbrain\ab.exe</executable>
   <workingDirectory>d:\code</workingDirectory>
   <branch>Root Branch/Branch1</branch>
   <autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>
   <labelOnSuccess>true</labelOnSuccess>
   <timeout units="minutes">10</timeout>
</sourcecontrol>

Configuration Elements

Node	Description	Type	Required	Default
server	Alienbrain server hostname or ip adress. The list of valid server name and ip adresses are listed in the File, Connect to project database, Step 1, list box.	string	true	n.a.
database	Alienbrain project database name. The list of valid project databases are listed in the File, Connect to project database, Step 2, list box.	string	true	n.a.
username	The name of the user you want to use to connect to the server project database	string	true	n.a.
password	The password of the user you want to use to connect to the server project database	string	true	n.a.
project	This is the path of to monitor the file changes. Use alienbrain://Code or ab://Code project path format	string	true	n.a.
workingDirectory	The path where the get latest will update the files.	string	false	"" (mean default source control defined directory
branch	The path of the branch specification. to enumarate the name of the branches, use the ab enumbranch command line.	string	false	"" (mean Root Branch)
autoGetSource	Specifies whether the current version of the source should be retrieved from Alienbrain.	bool	false	true
labelOnSuccess	Specifies whether or not the repository should be labelled after a successful build	bool	false	false
timeout	Sets the timeout period for the source control operation. See Timeout Configuration for details.	Timeout	no	10 minutes

Alienbrain Notes

Current implementation of alienbrain use the following commands:

Action	command
Branch	ab setactivebranch "Root Branch" -s "MyServer" -d "MyProject Database" -u "MyUsername" -p "MyPassword"
Modifications	ab find "ab://MyPath" -s "MyServer" -d "MyProject Database" -u "MyUsername" -p "MyPassword" -regex "SCIT > 127771952139476549 AND SCIT < 127771952139476550" -format "#CheckInComment#\|#Name#\|#DbPath#\|#SCIT#\|#Mime Type#\|#LocalPath#\|#Changed By#\|#NxN_VersionNumber#"
Label	ab setlabel "ab://MyPath" -s "MyServer" -d "MyProject Database" -u "MyUsername" -p "MyPassword" -name "LabelnameprovidedbyCCNET" -comment "This label is brought to you by CruiseControl.NET"
Get Latest	ab getlatest "ab://MyPath" -s "MyServer" -d "MyProject Database" -u "MyUsername" -p "MyPassword" -localpath "Workingdir" -overwritewritable replace -overwritecheckedout replace -response:GetLatest.PathInvalid y -response:GetLatest.Writable y -response:GetLatest.CheckedOut y

Contributions

Alienbrain support added by Francis Tremblay