Is there a way to queue a new build within Visual Studio 2015? I'm having to go to builds --> pick my build ---> queue new build hundreds of times today, and I am wondering how can I set up a keyboard shortcut that will queue that specific build for me? I'm referring specifically to a TFS build.
The screenshot from chief7 is for vNext build which only support on TFS2015.
For TFS2013 and earlier version, you can find the option in Your Build Definition→ Trigger → Continuous Integration - Build each check-in
Moreover, suggest you to use Gated Check-in build-accept check-ins only if the submitted changes merge and build successfully. This is more suitable for your requirement. More info from MSDN.
You can setup the build to be trigger by each check-in on the Triggers tab of you Build Definition:
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Seems like a pretty obvious question but I haven't been able to find this anywhere online - but what exactly counts as building something manually? As in if I do Ctrl+Shift+B on Visual Studio is that manually building? Then how could I go from that to automated build (running it from command line?). All I know is that I am supposed to use MSBuild to do automated builds on a project that is currently built 'manually'.
What is Manual Build?
Whether you are using Visual Studio or MSBuild command to build is considered to be manual build. That because you need to build your project manually every time no matter you are using Visual Studio or MSBuild command. And the hot key Ctrl+Shift+B is a quick start mode to build project in Visual Studio.
If you want to automated build, you should consider 'continuous integration' For example, TFS(Team Foundation Server), Teamcity, etc. You can easily search those continuous integration info on the internet.
The biggest difference between manual build and automated build is that you should manually build your project every time when source code changes, but automated build will execute the build automatically by continuous integration tool when source code changes, no need to build your project manually.
I recently finished figuring out a Build and Release process for our environment using TFS 2015 vNext build and release tasks. I'll now need to duplicate that several dozen projects. I've been looking around and I see no way to automate or script this process. Is it possible to script the creation of builds and releases or create them from a pre-populated template?
Not any official solution and task could do this for now. There has been a feature request in user voice and with STARTED status, you can vote up and monitor it
VSO build vnext: share build templates between projects
https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/330519-team-services/suggestions/8468566-vso-build-vnext-share-build-templates-between-pro
As a workaround, you could use an Export/Import Build Definition extension in Visual Studio Marketplace. However, it's only work with build definition.For release definition, give a try with this one Clone release definition (for TFS 2015 U2 and above).
I have a TFS build that runs on a schedule. Within the build process I have a step that checks out that project's properties file, increments the assembly's version number, then checks in the file bypassing any gated check-ins. This is creating a problem as the check-in of the properties file automatically sets the scheduled build to run the next day, causing an infinite loop.
My question is, is there a way to associate changesets made within the build process to the current running build?
I've tried refreshing the build detail and re-associating changesets after the msbuild compiles the project, but before the build finishes, without success.
Our projects are for Visual Studio 2010 and we are running against TFS 2013.
EDIT 12/21/15: For clarification:
I know about the NO_CI for bypassing CI Builds and including the /bypass in the command line. Overall my check-in that I am doing looks like the following:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\tf.exe" Checkin %My_FILE% /comment:"***NO_CI*** Version Updated to %NewVersion%" /noprompt /bypass
I"m having trouble with scheduled builds kicking off, because my check-in is telling it that there is a changeset to build.
You need to check in without triggering the build.
To tell the build system to ignore the check-in operation, a check-in comment value***NO_CI*** is specified to indicate "No Continuous Integration" meaning "please don't start a CI build because of this check in". Place the following into the comment field:***NO_CI***and when you check-in TFS will not kick off a build. More details for your reference: http://bartwullems.blogspot.hk/2012/08/tfs-do-check-in-without-triggering.html
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You could customize your build template and add in the custom TFSVersion activity from the TFS Community Build Extensions that will handle this. Detailed steps for your reference:http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=How%20to%20integrate%20the%20TfsVersion%20build%20activity&referringTitle=Documentation
I am developing using Visual Studio 2013 with Visual Studio Online for source control. I want to prevent check-in if the build that is triggered is returned false. Using the steps below, don't see how the builds are happening and not sure how to enforce good check-ins?
I completed the following steps:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/get-started/build/build-your-app-vs
Since you are using TFVC the. You would need to use Gated Build as the trigger. Unfortunately Gated Build has not yet been implemented on the new Build system and is only available on the legacy Xaml builds.
If you were using Git you could take advantage of the Branch Policies to require that a build succeed before a checkin was allowed through Pull Requests.
You can either change your source control to Git and use Pull Requests, or you could change your build system to the Xaml builds and use Gated Build.
I am using the new Visual Studio build definitions on Visual Studio Online under Build. I would like to run a scheduled build every day for the branch TestingBuildDefinitions1 only if there have been changes in the branch since the previous build.
I cannot find the option to run scheduled builds only if there have been changes. The MSDN documentation says there should be a "Build even if nothing has changed since the previous build" checkbox. However, the new screen does not have this checkbox.
The documentation is referring to the old Xaml based builds, while the UI you are using is for the new VSO Build vNext, which does not have the functionality you are looking for.
If you want to create a new Xaml based build, you will need to do it from the Visual Studio client (it cannot be done from the portal).
Start by clicking on Builds in Team Explorer