# This is a simple example illustrating how to build and test .NET Core project # with GitLab Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery. # ### Specify the Docker image # # Instead of installing .NET Core SDK manually, a docker image is used # with already pre-installed .NET Core SDK. # The 'latest' tag targets the latest available version of .NET Core SDK image. # If preferred, you can explicitly specify version of .NET Core e.g. using '2.2-sdk' tag. # # See other available tags for .NET Core: https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/dotnet # Learn more about Docker tags: https://docs.docker.com/glossary/?term=tag # and the Docker itself: https://opensource.com/resources/what-docker image: microsoft/dotnet:latest # ### Define variables # variables: # 1) Name of directory where restore and build objects are stored. OBJECTS_DIRECTORY: 'obj' # 2) Name of directory used for keeping restored dependencies. NUGET_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY: '.nuget' # 3) A relative path to the source code from project repository root. # NOTE: Please edit this path so it matches the structure of your project! SOURCE_CODE_PATH: '*/*/' # ### Define stage list # # In this example there are only two stages. # Initially, the project will be built and then tested. stages: - build - test # ### Define global cache rule # # Before building the project, all dependencies (e.g. third-party NuGet packages) # must be restored. Jobs on GitLab.com's Shared Runners are executed on autoscaled machines. # Each machine is used only once (for security reasons) and after that it is removed. # What that means is that before every job a dependency restore must be performed # because restored dependencies are removed along with machines. Fortunately, # GitLab provides cache mechanism with the aim of keeping restored dependencies # for other jobs. This example shows how to configure cache to pass over restored # dependencies for re-use. # # With global cache rule, cached dependencies will be downloaded before every job # and then unpacked to the paths as specified below. cache: # Per-stage and per-branch caching. key: "$CI_JOB_STAGE-$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG" paths: # Specify three paths that should be cached: # # 1) Main JSON file holding information about package dependency tree, packages versions, # frameworks etc. It also holds information where to the dependencies were restored. - '$SOURCE_CODE_PATH$OBJECTS_DIRECTORY/project.assets.json' # 2) Other NuGet and MSBuild related files. Also needed. - '$SOURCE_CODE_PATH$OBJECTS_DIRECTORY/*.csproj.nuget.*' # 3) Path to the directory where restored dependencies are kept. - '$NUGET_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY' # # 'pull-push' policy means that latest cache will be downloaded (if exists) # before executing the job, and a newer version will be uploaded afterwards. # Such setting saves time when there are no changes in referenced third-party # packages. For example if you run a pipeline with changes in your code, # but with no changes within third-party packages which your project is using, # then project restore will happen in next to no time as all required dependencies # will already be there — unzipped from cache. 'pull-push' policy is a default # cache policy, you do not have to specify it explicitly. policy: pull-push # ### Restore project dependencies # # NuGet packages by default are restored to '.nuget/packages' directory # in the user's home directory. That directory is out of scope of GitLab caching. # To get around this a custom path can be specified using '--packages ' option # for 'dotnet restore' command. In this example a temporary directory is created # in the root of project repository, so it's content can be cached. # # Learn more about GitLab cache: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/caching/index.html before_script: - 'dotnet restore --packages $NUGET_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY' build: stage: build # ### Build all projects discovered from solution file. # # Note: this will fail if you have any projects in your solution that are not # .NET Core based projects e.g. WCF service, which is based on .NET Framework, # not .NET Core. In such scenario you will need to build every .NET Core based # project by explicitly specifying a relative path to the directory # where it is located e.g. 'dotnet build ./src/ConsoleApp'. # Only one project path can be passed as a parameter to 'dotnet build' command. script: - 'dotnet build --no-restore' tests: stage: test # ### Run the tests # # You can either run tests for all test projects that are defined in your solution # with 'dotnet test' or run tests only for specific project by specifying # a relative path to the directory where it is located e.g. 'dotnet test ./test/UnitTests'. # # You may want to define separate testing jobs for different types of testing # e.g. integration tests, unit tests etc. script: - 'dotnet test --no-restore'