Can multiple build configs share one config transformation?

问题

I'm using SlowCheetah for XML transforming a bunch of config files in a project.

However, this same solution is part of a load balanced setup, where some config values differ between the different servers (two, in this case).

I have the following build configs

Debug
Release
Release.Test
Release.Prod1
Release.Prod2

Almost everything in Release.Prod1 and Release.Prod2 is identical, except for some values in one of the config files. Is there any way I can have a file like Something.Release.Prod.Config to be used on both of these build configs instead of having two identical files (Something.Release.Prod1.Config and Something.Release.Prod2.Config)?

...and to elaborate: In this case I am deploying to two environments, so one duplicated file is not really a huge crisis. What if you have ten or a hundred servers? I see no reason why a setup with a CI-server (Specifically TeamCity in this case) should not be able to do this, even though I suppose more customized setups are common in such environments.

How is this usually handled?

I suppose I can do some magic copying of files back and forth as a build step before the actual transformation happens, but this seems like a messy and overly complicated solution.

回答1:

The configuration transformations are handled by the $(Configuration) variable in the TransformsFiles.targets file.

 <TransformXml Source="@(_FilesToTransformNotAppConfig->'%(FullPath)')"
                  Transform="%(RelativeDir)%(Filename).$(Configuration)%(Extension)"
                  Destination="@(_FilesToTransformNotAppConfig->'$(OutDir)%(RelativeDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')"
                  Condition=" Exists('%(RelativeDir)%(Filename).$(Configuration)%(Extension)') " />

Here, you can change $(Configuration) to be any other value, like "Environment". Then just set the "Environment" variable in your MSBuild args -