TeamBuild Properties
TeamBuild 2005 Properties
We have comprehensive inline documentation for the properties defined in TfsBuild.proj file. These are very commonly used properties. There are several additional properties and overridable targets defined in TeamBuild targets file (Microsoft.TeamFoundationBuild.targets) that can be helpful while customize the build process.
Here is the complete laundry list of these properties and targets.
Properties the can be overridden
| SkipClean | set this property to skip clean action |
| SkipGet | set this property to skip get action |
| SkipLabel | set this property to skip labeling action |
| SkipInitializeWorkspace | set this property to skip workspace creation action |
| SkipPostBuild | set this property to skip gathering associated changesets and workitems |
| SkipDropBuild | set this property to skip drop build action. |
| SkipWorkItemCreation | set this property to skip workitem creation on build failure |
| AdditionalVCOverrides | additional VC property sheets passed to the VC++ solutions in the build process |
| SolutionRoot | points to the root of the sources folder on build machine |
Other Properties
| WorkspaceName | identifies the name of the workspace created for this build |
| IsDesktopBuild | identifies if the build process is a desktop build |
| BinariesRoot | points to the binaries folder on build machine |
| TestResultsRoot | points to test results folder on build machine |
| BuildType | identifies the name of the build type |
| BuildNumber | identifies the name of the build, i.e., the build number |
| TeamFoundationServerUrl | identifies the URL of the team foundation server |
Overridabe Targets
| BeforeEndToEndIteration | called immediately after the full stack build is started on the build machine |
| AfterEndToEndIteration | called at the end of full stack build |
| BuildNumberOverrideTarget | target to override to customize the build number |
| BeforeClean | called before clean is attempted |
| AfterClean | called after clean is completed |
| BeforeGet | called before sources are get |
| AfterGet | called after sources are fetched |
| BeforeLabel | called before sources are labeled |
| AfterLabel | called after labeling is completed |
| BeforeCompile | called before compilation is started |
| AfterCompile | called after compilation is completed |
| BeforeTest | called before testing is attempted |
| AfterTest | called after testing is completed |
| BeforeDropBuild | called before dropping the built binaries, build log files and test results to release server |
| AfterDropBuild | called after dropping the built binaries, build log files and test results to release server |
| BeforeOnBuildBreak | called before creating workitem on the build break |
| AfterOnBuildBreak | called after workitem is created on the build break |