BuildNumber

BuildNumber

Description

This is a basic task that can be used to track build numbers.

It will first attempt to read a build number from a file (by default,build.number in the current directory), thenset the property build.number to the value that was read in(or to 0, if no such value). It will then increment thenumber by one and write it back out to the file.(See thePropertyFile taskif you need finer control over things such as the property name orthe number format.)

Parameters

Examples

<buildnumber/>

Read, increment, and write a build number to the default file,build.number.

<buildnumber file="mybuild.number"/>

Read, increment, and write a build number to the filemybuild.number.