Update: Read the comments for some good tips from other readers.
Firing up Visual Studio to simply build a solution is nuts. Do it from the Visual Studio Command Prompt instead and save yourself time.
What I always forget, though, is how to specify a release build, ergo I’m writing this blog post so I can quickly find it the next time I need it.
From the command line, use the “/p:” switch and pass the value “Configuration=Release” like so:
msbuild CommunityServer.Sync.sln /p:Configuration=Release
I’m also in the habit of first doing a clean build before the release build to ensure I’ve got no leftover cruft:
msbuild CommunityServer.Sync.sln /target:clean
(Actually, I tie all this stuff together with SlickRun shortcuts and batch files, which is even better!)
4 comments:
One thing to keep in mind - when running clean, you'll want to specify "/p:Configuration=Release" otherwise you'll clean the Debug configuration.
Jim, if you go with something like:
msbuild CommunityServer.Sync.sln /p:Configuration=Release /t:Clean;Build
This will run a clean and then a full build of the solution due to the specified targets switch. If you just go with Clean you won't get build binaries, just removal of the last compilation.
@Sean & @Paul -- thanks for the clarifications. I was a dork to miss the important issue of specifying WHICH config to clean!
I had problems with dependencies when I used just sln file as a source for msbuild.
In this case msbuild wasn't able to figure out what project depends on the other. That's why for each such a sln file I have something like
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="CreateProjects" Outputs="@(Projects)">
<CreateItem
Include="{0}">
<Output ItemName="Projects" TaskParameter="Include"/>
</CreateItem>
</Target>
<Target Name="Build" DependsOnTargets="CreateProjects">
<Message Text="Projects (pseudo)order: %(Projects.FileName)"></Message>
<MSBuild
Projects="@(Projects)"
Properties="Configuration={1}"
Targets="Build" StopOnFirstFailure="true">
</MSBuild>
</Target>
</Project>
(copied from psake build. {0} is replaced with actual projects paths)
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