How to get a count of all projects using code analysis

Question

I think I’ve run into a bit of a tricky problem to solve. I need to get a count of our projects that are using code analysis. This is what I've done so far:

1. First, I installed AstroGrep. That’s a lightweight grep utility for Windows.
2. Then I ran AstroGrep and pointed to my local C:\DevTfs2010\Apps. It appears that 272 out of 354 .csproj files have this text: <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis> The problem with this approach is that I’m only running this against what I have on my laptop. There is much more in TFS.
3. So I remoted into the build server because I thought I could just run AstroGrep there. The problem with this approach is that I would be counting the same projects many times; one for the Main branch and another for each version that has been released.

How can I get a count of projects using code analysis without including all of the released versions?

Answer 1

I'll share how I was able to make this work. If anyone has a better way, please share.

On our build server, run AstroGrep to search the .csproj files for code analysis being set to true.

Copy to Excel and use a formula to display a 1 if the path contains “main.”

Note: The reason I used "main" is because all of our main trunks have the word "main" in the folder structure. This eliminates counting all the release versions.

Formula: =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("main",A1)), 1, 0)

Count the total for Core and for Apps (our two main team projects), and there’s your number.