Configure Jenkins to use Mercurial

Jenkins > Mercurial 

Mercurial Plugin: Install the Jenkins Mercurial Plugin first (read more https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Mercurial+Plugin)

Source Code Management: Configure for Mercurial

Reduce unnecessary builds by specifying a comma or space delimited list of "modules" within the repository. A module is a directory name within the repository that this project lives.

To do that press advanced button:

This will detect changes only in sdks subdirectory in src directory:

Environment UserName property C# example

C#  > System > Environment Class > UserName

UserName is used to identify the user on the current thread, the user name of the person who is logged on to Windows.

Example

  string user = Environment.UserName;

SetEnvironmentVariable C# Example

C#  > System > Environment Class > SetEnvironmentVariable

SetEnvironmentVariable creates, modifies, or deletes an environment variable. 

Example

Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("VisualStudioVersion", "10.0");

Environment Class C#

C#  > System > Environment Class

Environment class is used to retrieve/change information about environment variable settings, command line arguments, call stack.

Methods:

• SetEnvironmentVariable

Properties:

• UserName
• MachineName

Delete directory C#

C# > Files > Directory > Delete

Deletes the specified directory.

Example

Deletes the specified directory and any subdirectories and 

files in the directory.

System.IO.Directory.Delete(@"c:\Temp\", true);

How to get if is Runtime or Design Mode VB.net

VB.NET > Control > DesignMode

DesignMode returns true is a control is being used in the context of a designer. 

Example:

If Me.DesignMode Then
      Return
End If

Typeof C# example

C# > Keywords > typeof

Obtains the System.Type object for a type.

Example:

Type type = typeof(T);

• How to get the type of T from a generic List
• Reflection Example