get C# version generated by templates
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+%YAML 1.2
+--- |
+ @rem Builds gRPC NuGet packages
+
+ @rem Current package versions
+ set VERSION=${settings.version.major}.${settings.version.minor}.${settings.version.micro}
+ set PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.0.0-beta2
+
+ @rem Packages that depend on prerelease packages (like Google.Protobuf) need to have prerelease suffix as well.
+ set VERSION_WITH_BETA=%VERSION%-beta
+
+ @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
+ set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
+
+ @rem Collect the artifacts built by the previous build step if running on Jenkins
+ @rem TODO(jtattermusch): is there a better way to do this?
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x86,language=csharp,platform=windows\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\windows_x86${"\\"}
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x64,language=csharp,platform=windows\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\windows_x64${"\\"}
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x86,language=csharp,platform=linux\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\linux_x86${"\\"}
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x64,language=csharp,platform=linux\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\linux_x64${"\\"}
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x86,language=csharp,platform=macos\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\macosx_x86${"\\"}
+ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x64,language=csharp,platform=macos\artifacts\* grpc.native.csharp\macosx_x64${"\\"}
+
+ @rem Fetch all dependencies
+ %%NUGET% restore ..\..\vsprojects\grpc_csharp_ext.sln || goto :error
+ %%NUGET% restore Grpc.sln || goto :error
+
+ setlocal
+
+ @call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat" x86
+
+ @rem We won't use the native libraries from this step, but without this Grpc.sln will fail.
+ msbuild ..\..\vsprojects\grpc_csharp_ext.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:PlatformToolset=v120 || goto :error
+
+ msbuild Grpc.sln /p:Configuration=ReleaseSigned || goto :error
+
+ endlocal
+
+ @rem TODO(jtattermusch): re-enable protoc plugin building
+ @rem @call ..\..\vsprojects\build_plugins.bat || goto :error
+
+ %%NUGET% pack grpc.native.csharp\grpc.native.csharp.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+ %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Auth\Grpc.Auth.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+ %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+ %%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION_WITH_BETA% -Properties ProtobufVersion=%PROTOBUF_VERSION% || goto :error
+ %%NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+
+ @rem TODO(jtattermusch): re-enable building Grpc.Tools package
+ @rem %NUGET% pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+
+ @rem copy resulting nuget packages to artifacts directory
+ xcopy /Y /I *.nupkg ..\..\artifacts${"\\"}
+
+ goto :EOF
+
+ :error
+ echo Failed!
+ exit /b %errorlevel%