ExifInstaller: Deployment automation

Info

• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_images.html#what-is-image
• https://medium.com/@dev-addiction/setup-gitlab-ci-cd-pipeline-for-dotnet-core-reactjs-333365bd83e1
• pipeline template
  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/dotNET-Core.gitlab-ci.yml
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/net-core-net-framework-containers/official-net-docker-images
• https://medium.com/@gabriel.faraday.barros/gitlab-ci-cd-with-net-framework-39220808b18f
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/dotNET-Core.gitlab-ci.yml
• release
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/#creating-a-release-by-using-a-cicd-job
    • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/release_cicd_examples.html#create-release-metadata-in-a-custom-script
• install gitlab runner on windows
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/windows.html
  • installed runner which is using shell executor using environment setup on my pc
  • running runner with docker executor seems not supported
• run simple pipeline using docker image
  • i have set up the pipeline, which was easy, but a difficult part was setting up a pipeline for my environment which is windows and dotnet 6
    • have picked a runner for windows
      • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/shared-runners/images/gcp/windows-containers/-/blob/main/cookbooks/preinstalled-software/attributes/default.rb
    • this runner did not have installed dotnet 6, and i was unable to install it so far

TODO

• run simple pipeline using docker image
• install gitlab runner on windows
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/windows.html
• figure out how to automate vdproj project update
  • https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22256/NewSetupVersion-for-MSI-Projects
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/635346/prebuild-event-in-visual-studio-replacing-solutiondir-with-undefined
• change pipeline so that it publishes a code
• change a pipeline so that it creates a new installer
• change a pipeline so that it creates a new release when push a commit