Skip dropping build files in TFS Team Build

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I'd like to set up a TFS 2008 build in a way that it runs on every check-in and also nightly. The thing is that I'd like to keep the output from the build only for the nightly builds (with the check-in builds only acting as verification).

What is the best/suggested way of skipping the CoreDropBuild step conditionally?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 24 '10 at 11:10

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You can use the retention policy to set it to Keep None.

answered Sep 24 '10 at 11:10

Ewald Hofman

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Won't it also remove the build from the Completed builds list? How would I see what went wrong? – Michał Drozdowicz Sep 24 '10 at 11:34
Yes it will. I am used to 2010 :( But you can modify the targets file on the build server (microsoft.xxx.targets in the program files) to conditionally execute the drop build step. – Ewald Hofman Sep 24 '10 at 12:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 09:57

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Thanks to the answer on Setting properties in triggered build I managed to achieve the solution by using the $(Reason) variable like Condition=" '$(Reason)' == 'Schedule' and setting the SkipDropBuild property to true.

You can find the details at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc716772(VS.90).aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337598.aspx

edited May 23 '17 at 09:57

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answered Sep 25 '10 at 18:24

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Skip dropping build files in TFS Team Build

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