XdtTransform

Summary

Apply XDT transforms outside of Visual Studio.

Usage

The below is a demonstration outlining how the application may be called and what the inputs/outputs might look like.

XdtTransform --source SOURCE_WEB_CONFIG ^
             --transform TRANSFORM_WEB_CONFIG ^
             --destination DESTINATION_WEB_CONFIG

"SOURCE_WEB_CONFIG" (e.g. $(ProjectDir)\web.config)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="default" connectionString="productionConnectionString" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

"TRANSFORM_WEB_CONFIG" (e.g. $(ProjectDir)\web.$(Configuration).config)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="default" connectionString="debugConnectionString"
         xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(name)"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

"DESTINATION_WEB_CONFIG" (e.g. $(OutDir)\web.config)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="default" connectionString="debugConnectionString" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>