Skip compilation

Question

I would like to be able to skip the compilation step conditionally with a command line option, ie. /p:SkipCompilation=true

Often a TFS build will compile the solutions successfully, but fails in some post-compile step. I would like to be able to fix and rebuild without compiling the source code again.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

You can add SkipCompilation=true to <CustomPropertiesForBuild> in TFSBuild.proj

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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Answer 2

Would this skip the compilation steps?

Here's what the build is doing now:

Initializing build   
Getting sources   
Labeling sources   
Compiling sources for Win32/Release.  
Project "TFSBuild.proj" is building "Projects.sln" with default targets.
Generating list of changesets and updating work items  
Copying binaries to drop location  
Succeeded

What I want to do is to skip the BOLD steps with a command line argument:

Initializing build   
Getting sources   
Labeling sources   
Generating list of changesets and updating work items  
Copying binaries to drop location  
Succeeded


Thanks.

Answer 3

Hi ,

Sorry that I misunderstand you in last reply.

There is a workaround to meet yhis requirement.

1 add <SkipCompilation>true</SkipCompilation> to <PropertyGroup> in TFSBuild.proj

2 modify <ConfigurationToBuild> itemgroup
  

<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(SkipCompilation)' != 'true' ">
    <ConfigurationToBuild Include="Release|Any CPU">
      <FlavorToBuild>Release</FlavorToBuild>
      <PlatformToBuild>Any CPU</PlatformToBuild>
    </ConfigurationToBuild>
</ItemGroup>

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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