Creating a build process template which does nothing but copy all files to another directory

Question

I would like to create a Build Definition inside TFS 2012 Express which will simply copy all files within my project source tree to another folder on my drive. Just to underline

Answer 1

Using this post as a guide on how to start editing TFS Build Templates (or the Wrox TFS 2012 book), you need to make the following changes:

• Locate the Copy to Drop Folder Activity:

• Drag in a "CopyDirectory" activity under the "Drop Files to Drop Location" (from the Toolbox under Team Foundation Build Activities):

• Goto the Properties Window for the new Activity and set Source and Destination as follows:
  • Destination: Path.Combine(BuildDetail.DropLocation, "MyOutputFolder")
  • Source: Path.Combine(SourcesDirectory, "MyFileFolder")

You may need to repeat this if you don't have all your files in one folder.