OutputPath ignored on projects being build by TFS 2010

Question

I have installed TFS2010 Beta 2 with default settings and configured a CI build with a solution containing the indivial projects.

My *.cspoj files could have:

<OutputPath>bin\debug\</OutputPath>

Or alternatively:

<OutDir>bin\debug\</OutDir>

When the build server is done building and running tests etc. all the assemblies are placed in the root of the build drop off folder.

How do I configure the build to keep the outputpath or outdir in my projects and store the assemblies and content in the matching folder structure( builddropfolder\bin\debug\ )?

I have found a number of post on this most of them relates to TFS 2008 but I have not found solutions for TFS 2010.

Perhaps it is possible to solve this in the new workflow file for the buildserver?

Answer 1

This is a known issue with TFS. I don't think it's specific to 2010, although I've heard that they were working on fixing it.

Take a look at this post:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/698855/whats-the-best-way-to-get-tfs-to-output-each-project-to-its-own-directory

It's boils down to a couple different ways to solve it, but essentially I think you'll need to tweak it in the TFS build script.

Answer 2

The following blogpost answered my question.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimlamb/archive/2010/04/13/customizableoutdir-in-tfs-2010.aspx

Many thanks to Jim Lamb for providing a solution.