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Reputation: 718

TFS Git build breaks after updating build definition

Our TFS build has broken following updating the XAML build definition. Changes included modifying the template and a few parameters. The trace is below

TF215097: An error occurred while initializing a build for build definition [REDACTED]: 
Exception Message: Cannot set unknown member 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Activities.Git.GitPull.CheckoutSubmodules'. (type XamlObjectWriterException)
Exception Stack Trace:    at System.Xaml.XamlObjectWriter.WriteStartMember(XamlMember property)
   at System.Xaml.XamlServices.Transform(XamlReader xamlReader, XamlWriter xamlWriter, Boolean closeWriter)
   at System.Activities.XamlIntegration.FuncFactory`1.Evaluate()
   at System.Activities.DynamicActivity.OnInternalCacheMetadata(Boolean createEmptyBindings)
   at System.Activities.Activity.InternalCacheMetadata(Boolean createEmptyBindings, IList`1& validationErrors)
   at System.Activities.ActivityUtilities.ProcessActivity(ChildActivity childActivity, ChildActivity& nextActivity, Stack`1& activitiesRemaining, ActivityCallStack parentChain, IList`1& validationErrors, ProcessActivityTreeOptions options, ProcessActivityCallback callback)
   at System.Activities.ActivityUtilities.ProcessActivityTreeCore(ChildActivity currentActivity, ActivityCallStack parentChain, ProcessActivityTreeOptions options, ProcessActivityCallback callback, IList`1& validationErrors)
   at System.Activities.ActivityUtilities.CacheRootMetadata(Activity activity, LocationReferenceEnvironment hostEnvironment, ProcessActivityTreeOptions options, ProcessActivityCallback callback, IList`1& validationErrors)
   at System.Activities.Validation.ActivityValidationServices.InternalActivityValidationServices.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.WorkflowHelpers.ValidateWorkflow(Activity activity, ValidationSettings validationSettings)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Hosting.BuildProcessCache.LoadFromXaml(String workflowXaml, TextExpressionImports textExpressionImports)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Hosting.BuildControllerWorkflowManager.PrepareRequestForBuild(WorkflowManagerActivity activity, IBuildDetail build, WorkflowRequest request, IDictionary`2 dataContext)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Hosting.BuildWorkflowManager.TryStartWorkflow(WorkflowRequest request, WorkflowManagerActivity activity, BuildWorkflowInstance& workflowInstance, Exception& error, Boolean& syncLockTaken)

The build fails in the first few seconds as this is the process that is trying to retrieve the source. However, I cannot come to any conclusions as to why this error is happening. A Google search doesn't bring up anything useful.

TFS version 2013

Has anyone encountered this error and if so how did you fix it?

If I need to provide more information please ask.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 249

Answers (1)

Cece Dong - MSFT
Cece Dong - MSFT

Reputation: 31083

When you modify the Build process template and therefore it’s no longer in sync with the build definition you may get TF215097 error.

@jessehouwing's suspicion makes sense. I can't find too many articles to elaborate this issue, but in this MSND documentation mentions, if you want to edit a custom template, You must use only Visual Studio 2013 to edit your build process templates of TFS 2013.

Upvotes: 1

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