Count Lines of Code Build Task

A build task for Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) made with ♥ by

to count your lines of code.

Content

• Installation
• Source Code
• What The Build Step Does
• Usage
• Release Notes
• License

Installation" class="reference-link">Installation

Installation can be done using Visual Studio MarketPlace.

Source Code" class="reference-link">Source Code

Source code can be found on GitHub.

What The Build Step Does" class="reference-link">What The Build Step Does

This build step is counting your lines of code with using the cloc CLI. The result is reported as a section on the build summary page.

Usage" class="reference-link">Usage

Add the task to your build configuration:

Arguments have to be specified:

By default the cloc CLI is running in the root of the repository, you can modify that in the advanced settings as the working folder task parameter:

By default the cloc CLI is downloaded from the url: https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc/releases/download/1.82/cloc-1.82.exe:

But now file shares and local files are supported to such as:

file://my-file-share/public/software/cloc-1.82.exe

or

./cloc.1.82.exe

Release Notes" class="reference-link">Release Notes

• 1.2.1 (19/06/2019)
  • New build/deployment badge on README page. (as build and deployment are on travis-ci.org)
  • File URLs are supported such as file://my-file-share/public/software/cloc-1.82.exe or local file path as ./cloc.1.82.exe
• 1.1.2 (13/12/2018)
  • Display name of the task will be used as title for the summary on build summary page
  • Option to modify the cloc-cli download URL
• 1.0.0 (14/08/2017)
  • Counting lines of code with cloc CLI (by Al Danial)
  • Result of the cloc CLI is reported onto the Build Summary page
  • Custom arguments can be provided to the build task, to the cloc CLI
  • Working folder can be modified where the cloc CLI will run

License" class="reference-link">License

MIT