DaveHogan

# Add the following task to support building dotnet 8 targets until such as time that MS update the images

- task: UseDotNet@2
  displayName: 'Use .NET 8 sdk'
  inputs:
    packageType: sdk
    version: 8.x
    includePreviewVersions: false

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Introduction

A test repo for trialing branching strategies and confirming our adoption and standards. We aim to use GitFlow as our primary strategy.

Guidance is largely stolen from the following articles:

• nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
• datasift.github.io/gitflow/index.html
• theserverside.com/blog/Gitflow-release-branch-process-start-finish

What is Gitflow?

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Bundling & Minification

Bring in LigerShark.WebOptimizer.Core nuget package

_viewImports file must contain the WebOptimizer TagHelpers

Include the following tag into _viewImports.cshtml file

@addTagHelper *, WebOptimizer.Core

this enables the cachebuster

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let rec repeatString stringToRepeat numberOfTimesToRepeat = 
	if numberOfTimesToRepeat = 0 then ""
	else
	stringToRepeat + (repeatString stringToRepeat (numberOfTimesToRepeat - 1))

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if (%1)==(NOPAUSE) goto :eof
pause

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\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=3 --rails

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public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
{
    public static MvcHtmlString EmptyRow(this HtmlHelper helper, string emptyTextMessage, int rowCount)
    {
        return new MvcHtmlString(string.Format("<tr class=\"emptyRow\"><td colspan=\"{0}\">{1}</td></tr>", rowCount, emptyTextMessage));
    }
}

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public class MustBeEmptyAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
    public override bool IsValid(object value)
    {
        if (value == null)
        {
            return true;
        }
        if (value is string)
        {

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kernel.Bind<IMyPrincipal>().ToMethod(c => Convert(HttpContext.Current.User));

private static IMyPrincipal Convert(IPrincipal principal)
{
    if (principal is Common.CustomPrincipal)
        return (Common.CustomPrincipal)principal;
    else
        return new Common.AnonymousPrincipal(principal);
}

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-- Sneaky way to select from a specific table using a config value
-- Views do not support IF or anything else useful 

-- Obviously the table schemas need to match otherwise the UNION will fail

  SELECT t.* FROM ATable t
  INNER JOIN Config c on 'ConfigKeyToMatch' = c.ConfigKey
  WHERE c.ConfigValue = 'True'
UNION
  SELECT t.* FROM DifferentTable t