Github and Azure DevOps specialist, Visual Studio Development Technologies MVP and NUnit core team member
The listgit tool allows you to list the remotes for multiple git repositores under a folder, or search for a local repo with a given remote. The tool is very handy when you have multiple repositores and need to figure where you have a specific one, or a set that matches a certain pattern. Continue Reading →
This short guide explains how you get the Azure CLI to show up properly with the Bash shell in Windows. Continue Reading →
There are multiple versions of .Net Framework, and also of .Net Core. Many of the versions have now reached their end of life point. That means the versions are no longer supported, not with bug fixes and not with security fixes either. Ensure you are on a supported version. Continue Reading →
Introduction The SDK style projects are the new format that first appeared for .net core, but actually can be used also for nearly any type of projects in the .net world. The old style, or what we could call legacy style, is a very complex style, and it is not uncommon to be the cause Continue Reading →
This post came about as a result of a an interesting question raised by my good friend Richard Hundhausen in Accentient. It turned out into some very interesting observations, and a few ways of handling this. Background When you’re starting up a new git repository for a Visual Studio project, you need a .gitignore file Continue Reading →
I have had a need to have more easy access to information on how to do certain stuff, and have some easy access to simple code blocks, or templates, I can copy/paste. A blog post is for me somewhat more extensive, and that format was not really suited for smaller notes. So I decided to Continue Reading →
When your TFS/VSTS CI build is also used for a pull request, you often want to enable more checks before you let this go into the master (or any target) branch, and fail the build if these raise warnings. It can be extra tests you want to run, code quality checks, process checks, and you Continue Reading →
When you do test runs with the Test Explorer in Visual Studio, you can select to use either a x86 or a x64 test runner. Now, if you select to create an AnyCPU target for that component, it will not matter which one you choose, but if you select a target x86 or x64, the Continue Reading →
There has been an issue with growing databases due to test data and test attachments not being deleted. I have an earlier blogpost ( also here) on how to fix this, using a tool called Test Attachment Cleaner, and also containing a set of scripts you can run on your server to check on how Continue Reading →
Looking for List of VS 2013 Extensions (Part 2) Updated Oct 17th 2014: Visual Studio and TFS 2013 Update 4 RC Looking for the VS 2012 product info and extensions? Go to Visual Studio 2012 Product and updates (Part 1) and Visual Studio 2012 extensions (Part 2) Looking for the VS 2010 extensions ? Go to Continue Reading →
Caches On Windows:
%LocalAppData%\NuGet\Cache
%UserProfile%\.nuget\packages
To clear: nuget locals all --clear
Feed url: https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
VSTest
NUnitAdapter, use runsettings
From admin prompt:
Start powershell:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/visual-studio-sdks
Add this tag to the initial propertygroup
AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath
Set value to false