Using the <vaultgetfile> task with NAnt

[Tony]

I have been successfully using the <vaultgetfile> NAnt task for a few days now and it's been working like a champ.

This morning, I added a new file to the solution. The file appears in Vault and is within the "root" of the folder specified in my task (see below).

The problem is that when the <vaultgetfile> task executes, it is not pulling down the new file. It looks as if the task only updates the previously retreived files with the latest version, but doesn't pull down new files or delete local copies of files removed from the server.

Is this expected functionality? If so, is there a way to tell the task to do a full sync. between the local folder and the server? Should I just be doing a delete on the local directory prior to executing the <vaultgettask> task? Or should I go back to the <exec> method and use the Vault command line interface?

Here's my NAnt target definition, if that helps.

<target name="update">
<vaultgetfile url="${vault.host}"
username="${vault.user}"
password="${vault.password}"
repository="${vault.repository}"
path="${vault.path}"
destination="${ccnet.working.directory}" />
</target>

[Tony]

Actually, if I delete the working directory contents before I call the <vaultgetfile> task, then nothing comes back from Vault and I get no errors. It's as if the task says "I successfully updated every file in your local directory (of which there are none) with the latest version from the server. Have a nice day."

Okay, I made up the "have a nice day" part, but the rest is what's apparantly happening.

What are my options, here?

Tony

[jeremy_sg]

Tony,

Email me using the button below this post so that I can help figure out what's going on here.

[joshyeager]

Did you ever figure out what the problem was? I have the same problem (NAnt 0.85rc3, Vault 3.0.1, VaultNantTasks_3.0.6_0.85.rc2).

Thanks!
Josh

[jeremy_sg]

Josh,

Tony's email to me included this:

I may have tripped across something. The vault.path variable in my NAnt script was being reset to the vault.exe path, not the repository project path.

Does that help you?

[joshyeager]

I checked the Vault directory, but the files are not there.

It seems like Vault is just skipping the entire "get" process, but it's not throwing any errors.

I also tried upgrading to the latest Vault client and NAnt tasks, but that did not help.

Any ideas? Or should I just use the "exec" task to call the command line client?

Thanks,
Josh

[jeremy_sg]

What does your call to vaultgetfile look like? Can you echo the values of all of your parameters?

[joshyeager]

My vaultgetfile call looks like this:

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<vaultgetfile url="${vault.server}" username="${vault.username}" password="${vault.password}" repository="${vault.repository}" path="${vault.path}\BasePages" destination="${build.folder}\BasePages" />

My variables are (I think) correct:

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     [echo] Server: genesis
     [echo] Username: admin
     [echo] Password: <password>
     [echo] Repository: SwiftProjects
     [echo] Vault Path: $\JT\JT\BasePages
     [echo] Local Path: Build\BasePages

[jeremy_sg]

The problem may be that your ${vault.path} variable has backslashes instead of forward slashes. Try switching the slashes.

[joshyeager]

That did it! Thanks, Jeremy!

Josh