Using NUnit and NCover with TFS Build

Just in case you are using TFS as a Source Control and Build Server, does not exclude you from using NUnit and NCover.

First we need a MSBuild task for running NCover: NCoverExplorer.Extras-1.4.0.5.zip

Extract the "NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.dll" file to the folder where the "TFSBuild.proj" is located. Add the file to TFS Source Control, and do a check-in.

Since the build server needs NUnit, NCover and NCoverExplorer they should be placed in a folder under source control like "Tools".

All that is left is to modify the modyfy the TFSBuild.proj file.

At the start.

  <!-- Do not edit this -->   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets" />
<!-- Start add the NCover MS Build Tasks -->     <UsingTask TaskName="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.NCoverExplorer" AssemblyFile="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.dll"/>     <UsingTask TaskName="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.NCover" AssemblyFile="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.dll"/>     <UsingTask TaskName="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.NUnitProject" AssemblyFile="NCoverExplorer.MSBuildTasks.dll"/>

<!-- End add the NCover MS Build Tasks -->     <ProjectExtensions>

And in the end

<Target Name="NCover">        <CreateProperty Value="%(ConfigurationToBuild.FlavorToBuild)">
            <Output PropertyName="FlavorToBuildValue" TaskParameter="Value" />        </CreateProperty>        <CreateItem Include="$(BinariesRoot)\**\*Tests.dll">            <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="TestAssemblies" />        </CreateItem>        <NCover          ToolPath="$(BuildDirectory)\Sources\Tools\NCover\"          WorkingDirectory="$(BinariesRoot)\$(FlavorToBuildValue)"          CommandLineExe="$(BuildDirectory)\Sources\Tools\NUnit\nunit-console.exe"          CommandLineArgs="@(TestAssemblies) /xml=$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\NUnit.xml /labels /nologo"          CoverageFile="$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\release_test_results.xml"          LogFile="$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\coverage.log"      />    </Target>     <Target Name="CreateNCoverReport">         <NCoverExplorer           ToolPath="$(BuildDirectory)\Sources\Tools\NCoverExplorer\"           ProjectName="$(TeamProject)"           ReportType="ModuleClassFunctionSummary"           OutputDir="$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\"           XmlReportName="ncoverreport.xml"           HtmlReportName="ncoverreport.html"           ShowExcluded="False"           SatisfactoryCoverage="80" 
          CoverageFiles="$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\release_test_results.xml"           Exclusions="Assembly=*Tests"   />     </Target>     <Target Name="AfterCompile" DependsOnTargets="NCover;CreateNCoverReport">         <Message Text="AfterCompile target executed."> </Message>     </Target>

In every build there should be a file called ncoverreport.html