Sharepoint Merge Web Config on Codeplex

Project Description:
This utility is great for merging the web.config files for sharepoint based web applications.

Limitations:
-- This will only work for SharePoint web applications ( WSS and MOSS )
-- This need to be executed on all the Web Front ends ( I know painful , but SPWebConfigModification class is buggy and unreliable ). I have tested it on Single Server Farm so far
-- This utility can be run only one time per web application
-- To run it again on same web application [ no recommended for Production ] , all the GUIDs for the merge file need to be renewed. Check the sample merge xml file

Advantage:
-- This can merge many files from the mergefile location

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Usage
1. Download the sample merge file and change it according to requirement

2. Download SPMergeWebConfig.exe and run the following command with proper parameters

SPMergeWebConfig.exe -file 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\' -mergefile 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\'

Note : -file parameter takes a location value where you web.config file reside
-mergefile paramter takes a location value for the merge file you downloaded , utility can accept more than one files with the file name pattern as +webconfig.*.xml+

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