[Mono-list] Porting MSBuild script to XBuild with ItemGroup

[Mike Christensen]

Oh I think I misread your email..  Looks like the CreateItem task can
actually add things to an existing ItemGroup within a Target?  If
that's the case, that'll probably fix my issue..

Can we bump the priority up on this bug though?  It looks pretty old..
 I'm still trying to get a Mono enlistment setup, but maybe I can help
out when I'm running.  xbuild seems like a great project to contribute
to.

Mike

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Mike Christensen <mike at kitchenpc.com> wrote:
> This won't work because I include items that are not yet created until
> after the target runs..
>
> In other words, if I say:
>
> <Project>
>  <ItemGroup Include="Foo*.*" />
>
> ...
>
> Then this ItemGroup gets populated before the Target runs.  If Target
> then goes and creates Foo1.txt and Foo2.txt, those items won't get
> included in the ItemGroup since they didn't exist when it was
> evaluated.  That's why I need to have this ItemGroup within the
> Target.
>
> When will this bug be fixed?  It seems hugely important to support this.
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Jonathan Pobst <monkey at jpobst.com> wrote:
>> You need to use the old way of doing thing, the CreateItem task.
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s2y3e43x.aspx
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> On 8/3/2011 8:29 PM, Mike Christensen wrote:
>>>
>>> What's the best way to port this code over:
>>>
>>>   <Target Name="Build">
>>>
>>> ** Bunch of stuff here **
>>>
>>>     <!-- Crunch Files -->
>>>     <ItemGroup>
>>>        <ToCrunch
>>> Include="$(BuildDir)/WWW/Scripts/kpc*.js;$(BuildDir)/WWW/Styles/*.css"
>>> />
>>>     </ItemGroup>
>>>     <Message Importance="High" Text="Crunching Script Files..." />
>>>     <Exec WorkingDirectory="Crunch" Command="java -jar
>>> yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar %(ToCrunch.Fullpath) -o %(ToCrunch.Fullpath)
>>> --charset utf-8" />
>>>   </Target>
>>>
>>> If I run this, I get the error:
>>>
>>>
>>>  : error : Error initializing task ItemGroup: Not registered task
>>> ItemGroup.
>>>
>>> Which I believe is a known limitation in XBuild.  However, if I move
>>> the ItemGroup outside the project, the set of files is empty because
>>> those files have not been build yet.  Thanks!
>>>
>>> Mike
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>>
>>
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