Because I have several builds sharing some assemblies containing common
build tasks, I have one TFSBuild.proj for all builds and import different targets depending on the
build, like the following:
<Project DefaultTargets="DesktopBuild" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
<Import Project="Build_1.targets" Condition="'$(BuildDefinition)'=='Build_1'" />
<Import Project="Build_2.targets" Condition="'$(BuildDefinition)'=='Build_2'" />
<Import Project="Build_3.targets" Condition="'$(BuildDefinition)'=='Build_3'" />
</Project>
Each target for a particular
build has your usual content for a
build type file, but in my case, I also reference some tasks inside assemblies checked into the same folder as TFSBuild.proj in source control. I wanted to add folders to contain some test
build targets, since my folder was getting a bit full and cluttered. The following illustrates what I mean.
$(TFS project)\build\
TFSBuild.proj
Build_1.targets
...
Assembly1.dll
Assembly2.dll
...
Folder\
Test_target_1.targets
....
When I stated my
build, however, I found that Test_target_1.targets and other files in Folder were not being copied to the
build directory, while TFSBuild.proj and other files in the root level, as it were, of the
build type folder were being copied. This caused my test
build to not be able to reference files inside Folder, causing my
build to immediately fail.
I realize the simplest work-around would be to get rid of Folder and move all of its contents up to the
build folder, but I would really like to have Folder if at all possible. Thanks for your help in advance.
