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Maxim V. Pavlov
Maxim V. Pavlov

Reputation: 10509

Disable step in Visual Studio Extension build

While I am building own Visual Studio Extension in TeamCity (same applies to any CI server build that supports building VS solutions), my build stucks on the step DeployVsixExtensionFiles. As far as I understand, the target is defined in VS Extensibility files and is being imported into any .csproj by default. I also realize that this is an "aka test" step that tries to embed an extension into a virtual copy of VS via running a command:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /RootSuffix Exp /ResetSettings General.vssettings /Embedding /Command File.Exit

I have two questions: 1. Should I disable this step for Release build of Extension? 2. If yes, how can this be done.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 418

Answers (1)

Jason Malinowski
Jason Malinowski

Reputation: 18976

The VS SDK installs the extension as a part of a build so you can F5 and run it. If you're CI system doesn't care about that, update your CI configuration to pass /p:DeployExtension=false to MSBuild.

Upvotes: 4

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