.NET Core Yaml build on Azure DevOps

I happen to have an Azure DevOps project called KnoxDevOps. (It’s a public project, but you might have to open in incognito mode to see it.)

In this project I have this structure:

src/
    KnoxDevOps.API/
        KnoxDevOps.API.csproj
    KnoxDevOps.Core/
        KnoxDevOps.Core.csproj
    KnoxDevOps.Tests/
        KnoxDevOps.Tests.csproj
    knoxdevops.sln

I also have an Azure DevOps YAML build definition for an Azure Build Pipeline.

pool:
  vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'

variables:
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:
- script: |
    dotnet build ./src/KnoxDevOps.API/ --configuration $(buildConfiguration)
    dotnet test ./src/KnoxDevOps.Tests/ --configuration $(buildConfiguration) --logger "trx;LogFileName=testresults.trx"
    dotnet test ./src/KnoxDevOps.Tests/ --configuration $(buildConfiguration) /p:CollectCoverage=true /p:CoverletOutputFormat=cobertura /p:CoverletOutput=$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/TestResults/Coverage/
    cd ./src/KnoxDevOps.Tests/
    dotnet reportgenerator "-reports:$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/TestResults/Coverage/coverage.cobertura.xml" "-targetdir:$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/TestResults/Coverage/Reports" "-reportTypes:htmlInline" "-tag:$(Build.BuildNumber)"
    cd ../../
    dotnet publish ./src/KnoxDevOps.API/ --configuration $(buildConfiguration) --output $BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY
  failOnStderr: true

- task: PublishTestResults@2
  inputs:
    testRunner: VSTest
    testResultsFiles: '**/*.trx'

- task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
  inputs:
    codeCoverageTool: cobertura
    summaryFileLocation: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/TestResults/Coverage/**/*.xml
    reportDirectory: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/TestResults/Coverage/Reports
    failIfCoverageEmpty: true

- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1

This build definition depends upon the test project’s references which include these. I’ve added on references to the most fantastic Report Generator and Coverlet to make nice code coverage reports.

  <ItemGroup>  
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-reportgenerator-cli" Version="4.0.0-rc6" />
    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="2.3.0">
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
    </PackageReference>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" Version="2.1.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.8.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.3.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.3.1" />
  </ItemGroup>