How to use MSBuild extension's Zip task?
Example for MSBuild Community Tasks:
<Import Project="lib\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets" />
<Target Name="Zip">
<CreateItem Include="YourSourceFolder\*.*" >
<Output ItemName="ZipFiles" TaskParameter="Include"/>
</CreateItem>
<Zip ZipFileName="YourZipFile.zip" WorkingDirectory="YourSourceFolder" Files="@(ZipFiles)" />
</Target>
If you need more examples, here is a complete working MSBuild file from one of my projects.
Here's an alternative to MSBuild Community Tasks. If you're using .net 4.5.1, you can embed the System.IO.Compression functions in a UsingTask. This example uses ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory.
<Target Name="Build">
<ZipDir
ZipFileName="MyZipFileName.zip"
DirectoryName="MyDirectory"
/>
</Target>
<UsingTask TaskName="ZipDir" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll">
<ParameterGroup>
<ZipFileName ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
<DirectoryName ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
</ParameterGroup>
<Task>
<Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" />
<Using Namespace="System.IO.Compression" />
<Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs"><![CDATA[
try
{
Log.LogMessage(string.Format("Zipping Directory {0} to {1}", DirectoryName, ZipFileName));
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory( DirectoryName, ZipFileName );
return true;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
return false;
}
]]></Code>
</Task>
</UsingTask>