Exception Message: There is no working folder mapping for

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I am trying to test automated builds in tfs/vs.net 2012. I have set the workpaths in the source control explorer but now I am getting an error:

Exception Message: There is no working folder mapping for $/testing/buildtest. (type ItemNotMappedException)

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For me it was only a wrong selected path in the "Source location" field - Visual Studio 2012 — Bruno Bieri, Jul 20 '15 at 07:56

Ruskin · Answer 1 · 2015-06-26T07:03:24.793

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I had the same problem. Turned out I had forgotten to expand the Items to Build section of the Process tab. To fix you need to:

Edit build definition
Open Process tab on left
Open the 1. Required section
- open up Items to Build
- ensure the Projects to Build is pointed to the correct .sln

Edit build definition screen

edited Jun 26 '15 at 07:03

answered Aug 26 '14 at 13:14

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In the `Projects to Build` field, select (using the `...` button) the solution `.sln` file that you want to target. – Ruskin Mar 04 '16 at 12:00

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '13 at 06:17

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You need to map the root of the team project (in your case "testing) which is not done. enter image description here

The local path should be "c:\dev\testing\buildtest".

How is your BuilDefinition setup?

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Matthew · Answer 3 · 2017-12-22T08:07:02.367

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In my case clicking on the Build Agent Folder (...) button revealed that the $(SourceDir) wasn't set, indicating the mapping was broken.

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answered Dec 22 '17 at 08:01

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 12 '16 at 22:39

This can also happen if you forget to include your parent folder of the source code in the Source Settings in the build definition.

 $/Source/Code/ParentOfSolution

Working folders basically creates a white list of files for the build to look at and use so it needs to contain your source code that is referenced by your sln and any DLL's that your code references.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 19 '19 at 11:50

In my case the exception message "There is no working folder mapping for xxx." was thrown at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.Client.GetLocalWorkspace(String localPath, Boolean throwIfNotFound) out of my own code:

var changesets = myRealTfsServer.QueryHistory( path, versionSpec, 0, RecursionType.Full, null,  new ChangesetVersionSpec( 1 ), versionSpec, 2, true, true, false, false );

My solution is to use the TFS path '$/' to specify the path parameter, which is actually not as declared in this page in MSDN which says this path should be a local path.

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