How to merge web.config of packages with web deploy (msdeploy)?

Question

These are the steps I performed:

1. Created two packages: Package.zip and CustomisePackage.zip using msdeploy.

2. Deployed first package Package.zip to the destination site eg: site/WebDeployment.

3. Deployed second package CustomisePackage.zip to the same destination site. eg: site/WebDeployment. Skip web.config to be overwritten.

My question is how can I merge web.config from CustomisePackage.zip to the site (site/WebDeployment)?

Does anyone have the same sort of scenario and have the solution for this?

Answer 1

I think you should create different config files for different environment. Before deploying transform your file.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd465318%28v=vs.100%29.aspx

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SlowCheetahWebconfigTransformationSyntaxNowGeneralizedForAnyXMLConfigurationFile.aspx

And if you are specifically looking to merge the file after copy the second package at the same location then you should merge tool like WinMerge