MSBuild OutputPath property and absolute paths

Question

I\'m trying to set the OutputPath value to an absolute path:

c:\\Projects\\xxx\\Deployment

But I get t

Answer 1

Instead of all the steps in the October answer, is it not possible just to define WebPublishPipelineProjectDirectory with the same path as OutputPath?

I tried it in my CI solution (using CruiseControl) and it seemed to work.

Does anyone know of any side effects that are not apparent to me from doing this?