[MonoDevelop] add-in pre build event

[Daniel Hughes]

OK now I'm even more confused. That's a link to an event in the
monodevelop source not a addin extension point.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Matt Ward <ward.matt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry I was looking at the SharpDevelop branch of one of my addins :)
>
> There is a StartBuild event in MonoDevelop:
>
> IdeApp.ProjectOperations.StartBuild
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> On 17 June 2015 at 23:25, Daniel Hughes <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I cannot find the BuildStarted extension point in:
>>
>>
>> http://www.monodevelop.com/developers/articles/extension-tree-reference/#monodevelop-project-services
>>
>> Is it out of date/not complete. And if so how does one go about
>> discovering these extension points?
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Matt Ward <ward.matt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > In Xamarin Studio you could right click the solution, select Restore
>> > NuGet
>> > Packages and then build. You would not need to re-open the solution each
>> > time. It is not automatic though.
>> >
>> > On 17 June 2015 at 22:31, Daniel Hughes <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your reply Matt,
>> >>
>> >> That's the info that I was looking for.
>> >>
>> >> Regarding NuGet, Doing it on opening the solution makes a lot of sense
>> >> as you describe for a lot of people. However at the place I work we
>> >> use nuget to deploy fast changing internal dependencies (multiple new
>> >> versions per day).
>> >>
>> >> Our build server detects the new versions and updates the
>> >> packages.config to use the new versions, when then pull from our
>> >> source control (with our solution still open) we then need the restore
>> >> to run before build. In Visual Studio this happen automatically before
>> >> build.
>> >>
>> >> Having to reload our solutions in order to pick up new dependency
>> >> versions many times a day would be a pain. The solution I'm working on
>> >> at the moment has been open for three days, meaning my packages will
>> >> be 3 days and many, many versions out of date.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Daniel
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Matt Ward <ward.matt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > The NuGet addin in MonoDevelop 5 restores NuGet packages when the
>> >> > solution
>> >> > is opened. There is an option in Preferences that you can use to
>> >> > disable
>> >> > or
>> >> > enable this. It was decided to do the restore on opening the solution
>> >> > instead of pre-build since the assemblies are then made available for
>> >> > code
>> >> > completion as soon as possible.
>> >> >
>> >> > The ProjectService has a BuildStarted event which you could use to
>> >> > trigger
>> >> > some pre-build logic.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 17 June 2015 at 06:27, Daniel Hughes <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm trying to implement a mono develop add-in for a package manager
>> >> >> which will restore packages on before a build.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've had a look at:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://www.monodevelop.com/developers/articles/extension-tree-reference/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But am struggling to identify the extension point to use to get a
>> >> >> pre
>> >> >> build event.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Does anyone know what extension point I need and also does anyone
>> >> >> know
>> >> >> of an add-in which hooks the pre-build to perform an action, that I
>> >> >> can use as an example.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I already looked at the nuget addin but that doesn't yet do a
>> >> >> restore
>> >> >> in a pre build hook. This is going to be a problem for nuget in the
>> >> >> future because the recommended way of using nuget is to run the
>> >> >> restore prebuild in a IDE hook, rather then the old
>> >> >> MSBuild-Integrated package restore. People are going to start
>> >> >> complaining that their visual studio solutions setup for automatic
>> >> >> package restore don't work in Mono Develop. However that is an aside
>> >> >> and is a problem for another day.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >> Daniel
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