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MSBuild 4.0 Incremental Builds break when going back to older sources in version control

Answered MSBuild 4.0 Incremental Builds break when going back to older sources in version control

  • Monday, April 02, 2012 3:40 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I am using MSBuild 4.0 to build C++ sources. I am also relying on the incremental build process which I understand saves information in tlog files what is input and output for a specific component. During the build it will check if the input/output is up-to-date based on "last modified" timestamp.

    The problem what I have now is that developers which are using version control for source code could go back to an older version and this breaks the incremental build process because now the output is considered still up to date compared to the older input files.

    Does anybody faces the same issue? Is it supposed to work in this way? Are there any soulution to fix this?

    Thank you very much for all suggestion.

    Norm 

     

    • Moved by lucy-liu Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:12 AM it is a tfs build issue (From:MSBuild)
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  • Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:12 AM
     
     
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    Hi NormKI,

    I will move it to Team Foundation Server - Build Automation forum for a better support.

    Thank you for your understanding!

    Lucy Liu [MSFT]
    MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

     
  • Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:57 AM
     
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    Hi NormKI,

    When we roll back files to older version in Version Control, the incremental build doesn't triggered, this is a by design issue.

    But you can submit your suggestions to Microsoft Connect feedback portal http://connect.microsoft.com, Microsoft engineers will evaluate them seriously, thanks.

    Lucy Liu [MSFT]
    MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us