Cannot use on OSX

[rmarinho]

Error on OSX

/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(4,4): Error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::Add('$(GitBaseVersionPatch)', '$(GitCommits)')". Method '[MSBuild]::Add' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(`a`, `b`)).  (MSB4186) (TriggerVSTS)

Line 742 of GitInfo.targets

[kzu]

Are you using the now obsolete xbuild by chance?

[rmarinho]

i was running azure function project from VS4MAC i m gonna try from command line to check

[rmarinho]

happens the same using dotnet or msbuild

dotnet build TriggerVSTS.csproj 
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.4.8.50001 for .NET Core
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(692,3): warning MSB3073: The command "git rev-list --count warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.;0cee310" exited with code 127. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(742,4): error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::Add('$(GitBaseVersionPatch)', '$(GitCommits)')". [MSBuild]::Add Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(`a`, `b`)).  [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]

[rmarinho]

msbuild TriggerVSTS.csproj 
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.4.0.0 (master/f296e67b Wed Oct 25 12:26:03 EDT 2017) for Mono
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Build started 12/22/2017 12:10:27 PM.
Project "/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" on node 1 (default targets).
EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
  The command "git diff-index --quiet HEAD" exited with code 1.
EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
_GitBaseVersionTagExists:
  The command "git describe --tags --abbrev=0" exited with code 128.
/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(692,3): warning MSB3073: The command "git rev-list --count warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.;0cee310" exited with code 127. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
  The previous error was converted to a warning because the task was called with ContinueOnError=true.
  Build continuing because "ContinueOnError" on the task "Exec" is set to "true".
/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(742,4): error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::Add('$(GitBaseVersionPatch)', '$(GitCommits)')". Method '[MSBuild]::Add' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(`a`, `b`)).  [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]
Done Building Project "/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

"/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default target) (1) ->
(_GitRoot target) -> 
  EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]


"/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default target) (1) ->
(_GitCommit target) -> 
  EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]


"/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default target) (1) ->
  EXEC : warning : refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]


"/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default target) (1) ->
(_GitBaseVersionFallback target) -> 
  /Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(692,3): warning MSB3073: The command "git rev-list --count warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.;0cee310" exited with code 127. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]


"/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj" (default target) (1) ->
(_GitPopulateVersionInfo target) -> 
  /Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(742,4): error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::Add('$(GitBaseVersionPatch)', '$(GitCommits)')". Method '[MSBuild]::Add' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(`a`, `b`)).  [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]

    4 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:01.52

[kzu]

I need a /bl plz. Also, most likely, the invocation is failing because either of the arguments isn't a number ;).

But rest assured that this is not a global failure to run on OSX. We're using this everywhere ;)

[rmarinho]

@kzu right i use it on Flex on OSX and it works.. but it's netstandard2.0 project not net4.7 i wonder if it's that..

[kzu]

without a binary log, almost impossible to say...

[kzu]

binlog or closing in a week @rmarinho ;)

[rmarinho]

I m on vacations :p

[kzu]

Let's hope it ends within a week then :p

[rmarinho]

msbuild.binlog.zip

[kzu]

Just as I suspected, GitCommits is set to a very weird value:

fatal: Invalid object name %27warning%27.;/var/folders/92/5fbvyz_d7rv16mwndjy8xdlm0000gn/T/tmp18b6a4033cb04686b06cf4eed86389ac.exec.cmd: line 2: 67baac6: command not found

from

/Users/rmarinho/.nuget/packages/gitinfo/2.0.8/build/GitInfo.targets(692,3): warning MSB3073: The command "git rev-list --count warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.;67baac6" exited with code 127. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]

Which means the the rev-list --count command is running with a GitCommit=warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.;67baac6, which comes from the _GitCommit target which runs git log --format=format:%h -n 1 and is getting

EXEC refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous. [/Users/rmarinho/Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/Xamarin.Forms.Build/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS/TriggerVSTS.csproj]

Can you run those commands locally and see why you're getting that ambiguous thing?

[kzu]

Ok, closing until we get more info.