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Gareth
Gareth

Reputation: 2484

Log the time taken in each task when running a msbuild build

We have a long-running msbuild script that I'm trying to speed up. Is there a way to get msbuild to log the time spent in each target?

I've had a look at the xml logger, but it just outputs the total time.

Would I have to make my own logger, or is there something built in?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2471

Answers (3)

Drew Noakes
Drew Noakes

Reputation: 310907

If you capture a .binlog during build (via msbuild -bl), you can use the excellent MSBuild Structured Log Viewer to gain deep insights into what actually happened during the build, and where all the time was spent.

https://msbuildlog.com/

Upvotes: 0

Ivan
Ivan

Reputation: 9695

There's also useful msbuild argument when you want to analyze which particular project in the solution is taken long time:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164311.aspx

/detailedsummary /ds Show detailed information at the end of the build log about the configurations that were built and how they were scheduled to nodes.

Fantastic explanation about format is given here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2010/03/05/msbuild-4-detailed-build-summary/

Upvotes: 1

Gareth
Gareth

Reputation: 2484

Its actually quite easy, in the command line, just add this:

/consoleloggerparameters:PerformanceSummary

Upvotes: 12

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