TFS seems to be stuck in the 'getting sources' step?

Question

Hi,

I finally got the server account working for the build.

Now when I run a skeleton build it is stuck on the 'getting sources' step, the green bar is glowing and all but no other response?

Answer 1

If you are using 2005, or 2008 with the tag set to false, then TFS will try to remove & recreate the build workspace every time. This can cause problems when, for example, one of the files in the workspace is locked by another process (like cmd.exe - gets me every time).

Answer 2

You could run build from cmd line and check what's happening, you can also change default working directory in build controller to shorter name, because sometimes default directory name length is exceeded.