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ados-dotnetformat

This extension provide a task for checking or fixing code format, style and analyzer configuration using dotnet-format.

Disclaimer

[!WARNING]

  • ⚠️ The project is still under development.
  • ⚠️ Expect breaking changes until v1.

How to use

Compatibility matrix

Requirement Min. version
ADO API rest-7.1 0
ADO Agent 2.206.1 (node v16.x)

Pre-requisites

  • .NET or .NET Core installed, see Use .NET Core task
  • Either:
    • .NET 6 / 7 / 8 SDK, using dotnet format
    • .NET Global tool dotnet-format installed and accessible from the path

Tasks

UseDotNetFormat

Setup pre-release, beta or specific version of dotnet-format from dnceng feeds.

use-task use-overview

- task: UseDotNetFormat@0
  displayName: 'setup-format feed'
  inputs:
    publicFeedServiceConnection: PublicDnceng
    feed: dotnet9
    definition: '54f95428-cc3a-48e0-b6a2-80280b31ba03'
    version: 9.0.507701

DotNetFormatCli

Run dotnet format or dotnet-format to validate your code.

Feature:

  • [X] check (aka verify-no-changes)
  • [ ] fix (aka format)
  • [ ] custom command

Only touched files:

  • [X] Git (full checkout or ADO-API)
  • [ ] TFVC
  • [ ] SVN

format-task format-overview

- task: DotNetFormatCLI@0
  displayName: "dotnet format"
  continueOnError: true # recommended if using ReportReviewer
  inputs:
    useGlobalTool: false
    command: 'check'
    workspace: 'YourSolution.sln'
    onlyChangedFiles: true #PR mode
    verbosity: Normal
    diffProvider: api # `native` using full checkout or `api` using ADO-API
    fileGlobPatterns: |
      *.cs
      *.vb
    excludes: | 
      /src/Project/FileToExclude.cs
  env:
    SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken) # required for ADO-API

ReportReviewer

Comment an active Azure DevOps PullRequest with previous generated report.

Target:

  • [X] Azure DevOps Service
  • [X] Azure DevOps Server
  • [ ] Github
  • [ ] Github Enterprise Server
  • [ ] Bitbucket Cloud
  • [ ] Bitbucket Server

reviewer-task reviewer-overview

- task: ReportReviewer@0
  displayName: "dotnet format reporting"
  inputs:
    connectedServiceName: 'FormatReviewer'
    spamThreshold: 5

Feedback and issues

If you have feedback or issues, please file an issue on GitHub.

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