Msbuild is not copying web.config file while transformation - iis

TransformWebConfig folder is empty after msbuild publish. Following is the teamcity log
[09:31:43]: [CollectWebConfigsToTransform] GetPublishingLocalizedString
[09:31:43]: [GetPublishingLocalizedString] Found The following for Config tranformation:
{0}
[09:31:43]: [it\it.vbproj.teamcity] PipelineTransformPhase
[09:31:43]: [PipelineTransformPhase] GetPublishingLocalizedString
[09:31:43]: [GetPublishingLocalizedString] Publish Pipeline Transform Phase
[09:31:43]: [it\it.vbproj.teamcity] AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStringsCore
[09:31:43]: [AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStringsCore] Skipping target
"AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStringsCore" because it has no inputs.
[09:31:43]: [it\it.vbproj.teamcity] CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackage (1s)
[09:31:43]: [CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackage] GetPublishingLocalizedString
[09:31:43]: [GetPublishingLocalizedString] Copying all files to temporary location below for package/publish:obj\Deploy-Dev\Package\PackageTmp.
Web.config file is present in the directory. Just don't understand why it is not picking it. Also After publishing the destination is containing web.deploy and web.release files instead of web.config file. Please help.

After a few work around, figure out that web.config property was set to Do not Copy, change it to copy always and secondly Build action was set to none, change it to content. Hope it will help someone.

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Publish of ASP.Net Core project fails with "DestinationFiles" refers to 1 item(s), and "SourceFiles" refers to 2 item(s)

Publish of ASP.Net Core project fails with next error:
"DestinationFiles" refers to 1 item(s), and "SourceFiles" refers to 2 item(s).
They must have the same number of items.
I get an error when I try to publish an ASP.Net Core website to Azure. It builds and runs fine locally. The output prints this:
Task "Copy"
Task Parameter:
SourceFiles=
C:\Users\Mikael\Source\Repos\GoMap-Web\src\Web\appsettings.json
CopyToPublishDirectory=PreserveNewest
RelativePath=appsettings.json
TargetPath=appsettings.json
C:\Users\Mikael\Source\Repos\GoMap-Web\src\Web\appsettings.json
CopyToPublishDirectory=PreserveNewest
RelativePath=appsettings.json
TargetPath=appsettings.json
Task Parameter:DestinationFiles=C:\Users\Mikael\Source\Repos\GoMap-Web\src\Web\obj\Release\netcoreapp1.0\PublishTemp\PublishOutput\appsettings.json
Task Parameter:OverwriteReadOnlyFiles=False
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(100,5): Error MSB3094: "DestinationFiles" refers to 1 item(s), and "SourceFiles" refers to 2 item(s). They must have the same number of items.
Output Item(s): FileWrites=C:\Users\Mikael\Source\Repos\GoMap-Web\src\Web\obj\Release\netcoreapp1.0\PublishTemp\PublishOutput\appsettings.json
Done executing task "Copy" -- FAILED.
Done building target "_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishPreserveNewest" in project "Web.csproj" -- FAILED.
Done building project "Web.csproj" -- FAILED.
The Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets file (the relevant part, i belive) look like this:
============================================================
CopyFilesToPublishDirectory
Copy all build outputs, satellites and other necessary files to the publish directory.
============================================================
-->
<Target Name="CopyFilesToPublishDirectory"
DependsOnTargets="_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishPreserveNewest;
_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishAlways" />
<!--
============================================================
_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishPreserveNewest
Copy _ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest items to the publish directory.
============================================================
-->
<Target Name="_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishPreserveNewest"
DependsOnTargets="_ComputeResolvedFilesToPublishTypes"
Inputs="#(_ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest)"
Outputs="#(_ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest->'$(PublishDir)%(RelativePath)')">
<!--
Not using SkipUnchangedFiles="true" because the application may want to change
one of these files and not have an incremental build replace it.
-->
<Copy SourceFiles = "#(_ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest)"
DestinationFiles="#(_ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest -> '$(PublishDir)%(RelativePath)')"
OverwriteReadOnlyFiles="$(OverwriteReadOnlyFiles)"
Retries="$(CopyRetryCount)"
RetryDelayMilliseconds="$(CopyRetryDelayMilliseconds)"
UseHardlinksIfPossible="$(CreateHardLinksForPublishFilesIfPossible)"
UseSymboliclinksIfPossible="$(CreateSymbolicLinksForPublishFilesIfPossible)">
<Output TaskParameter="DestinationFiles" ItemName="FileWrites"/>
</Copy>
</Target>
<!--
============================================================
_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishAlways
Copy _ResolvedFileToPublishAlways items to the publish directory.
============================================================
-->
<Target Name="_CopyResolvedFilesToPublishAlways"
DependsOnTargets="_ComputeResolvedFilesToPublishTypes">
<!--
Not using SkipUnchangedFiles="true" because the application may want to change
one of these files and not have an incremental build replace it.
-->
<Copy SourceFiles = "#(_ResolvedFileToPublishAlways)"
DestinationFiles="#(_ResolvedFileToPublishAlways -> '$(PublishDir)%(RelativePath)')"
OverwriteReadOnlyFiles="$(OverwriteReadOnlyFiles)"
Retries="$(CopyRetryCount)"
RetryDelayMilliseconds="$(CopyRetryDelayMilliseconds)"
UseHardlinksIfPossible="$(CreateHardLinksForPublishFilesIfPossible)"
UseSymboliclinksIfPossible="$(CreateSymbolicLinksForPublishFilesIfPossible)">
<Output TaskParameter="DestinationFiles" ItemName="FileWrites"/>
</Copy>
</Target>
I have changed the DestinationFiles="#(_ResolvedFileToPublishPreserveNewest -> '$(PublishDir)%(RelativePath)')" according to another post here but I still get the same failure, and I don't know enough about it to find any clear errors, can anyone offer some insight? If this is affected by the bug mentioned in other posts that has no workaround, what alternative ways could I try to publish the app to azure that might work better?

VS 2012 Publishing Profiles and Copy Files Using MSBuilld Commands

I've set up asp.net website on Azure with TFS online for source control using VS 2012. I'm trying to copy files using VS 2012 new publishings profiles and MSBuild. Reading this article Visual Studio 2012 Web Deployment Projects are Dead – Long Live Publishing Profiles, in which Doug says you can use build scripts in your publishing profile.
So I setup a test that works in my .csproj on my local build. I'm just simply copying the robots.txt file from the root directory to the css directory. Here is my test. I set my pubxml in the TFS Build Process template under process > 6. Publishing -- Azure Website, Web Deploy Pubish Profile.
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)robots.txt" DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)css\" />
</Target>
I dropped this Code into my my pubxml file and I get a big nothing. What am I doing wrong?
Is it possible to copy files afterbuild on Azure?
Additional Information
The log file contains these lines so I'm sure the publishing profile is running.
AfterBuild:
Creating directory "C:\a\src\...\css".
Copying file from "C:\a\src\...\robots.txt" to "C:\a\src\...\css\robots.txt".
Here are the build steps that Azure's default build template uses:
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
PrepareForBuild:
CoreCompile:
_CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal:
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
CoreCompile:
_CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal:
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
_CopyWebApplicationLegacy:
ValidateGlobalPackageSetting:
CollectFilesFromIntermediateAssembly:
CollectFilesFromContent:
CollectFilesFromIntermediateSatelliteAssembliesWithTargetPath:
CollectFilesFromReference:
CollectFilesFromAllExtraReferenceFiles:
CollectFilesFrom_binDeployableAssemblies:
PipelineCollectFilesPhase:
ExcludeGeneratedDebugSymbol:
PreTransformWebConfig:
TransformWebConfigCore:
PostTransformWebConfig:
PreProfileTransformWebConfig:
PipelineTransformPhase:
ProcessPublishDatabaseSettings:
PreAutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings:
AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStringsCore:
PostAutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings:
PipelineMsdeploySpecificTransformPhase:
ValidatePublishProfileSettings:
CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeploy:
PipelineCopyAllFilesToOneFolderForMsdeploy:
Package:
GenerateMsdeployManifestFiles:
PackageUsingManifest:
GenerateSampleDeployScript:
PipelineDeployPhase:
AfterBuild:
So it looks like Azure packages all the files up during the "31. CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeploy" step. It would appear that running copy during the AfterBuild step is to late. I moved the Copy command to the target "BeforeBuild" but the files are still not ending up in the CopyAllFilesToOneFolderForMsdeploy step.
Thanks to Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi for his article How to compress CSS/JavaScript before publish/package for helping me solve this.
It's possible to copy directly Package Temp Directory. I ended up adding this target to my publishing profile (pubxml) file. After the "CopyAllFilesTOSingleFolderForMsdeploy" step finishes this step will run which will copy a file from one part of the solution into the destinationfolder you specify.
<Target Name="AdditionalFilesForPackage" AfterTargets="CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeploy">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)robots.txt" DestinationFolder="$(_PackageTempDir)\css\" />
</Target>

Cruisecontrol.net with UCM Clearcase - How to?

I am trying to configure Cruisecontrol.net for UCM Clearcase for the first time. Following is the sourceControl tag in the ccnet.config file:
<sourcecontrol type="clearCase">
<branch>123_India_Release</branch>
<autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>
<viewName>admin_123_CRUISE</viewName>
<viewPath>$(ViewDirectory)</viewPath>
<useLabel>false</useLabel>
<useBaseline>false</useBaseline>
<executable>cleartool.exe</executable>
</sourcecontrol>
I constantly receive the following error:
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Core.CruiseControlException: Source control
operation failed: cleartool: Error: Not an object in a vob: "PATH TO
THE VIEW"
When I run cleartool from an arbitrary directory with the following parameters:
cleartool.exe lshist -r -nco -branch "123_India_Release" -since
05-Dec-2012.14:38:18 -fmt
I get the same error. But if I change the working directory to $(ViewDirectory) before running cleartool, it runs fine.
How should I make Cruisecontrol.net run cleartool.exe from the $(ViewDirectory)?
I have already tried adding <workingDirectory>$(ViewDirectory)</workingDirectory> tag before <executable>cleartool.exe</executable> but it did not work.
Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT 1:
As a workaround I have done the following:
<exec>
<executable>cleartool.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>d:\Workspace\123_India_Release\VOB</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs>update -force</buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>6000</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
I have added this to the tasks tag. I have configured an hourly trigger which does the following:
1) Update snapshot view
2) Build the VS 2010 solutions mentioned in the tasks tag.
The limitations are:
1) The trigger is hourly. I want it to be a commit based trigger.
2) This is a workaround
EDIT 2:
Further experimentation revealed that the ccnet.exe works fine. It does all that is needed. The issue is caused by the service ccservice.
I have stopped ccservice for now and started ccnet.exe. I plan to leave it running.
The View directory isn't enough: you must specify a vob.
See for instance:
"clearfsimport: Error: Not an object in a vob: "\"." (as an illustratio of that error message)
this thread (or this one): "You have to specify explicitly the VOB(s) to check for modification set"
The path should looks like:
<viewPath>Drive:\path\to\view\vobname</viewPath>
If your $(ViewDirectory) already references Drive:\path\to\view, then you could use:
<viewPath>$(ViewDirectory)\vobname</viewPath>

Merge Publisher - what does <file action="Copy"> actually do in CruiseControl.Net?

I inherited a project that runs TestComplete scripts from CruiseControl.
For each Script there is an entry in CCnet.Config and each entry ends with the following:
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file action="Copy">
C:\Test\Log\TestCompleteResult\TestWebLog.mht
</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger />
<statistics />
Which I assumed copies the TestComplete log to that location. However, if I change the location (i.e. to C:\test\log2\TestWebLog.mht), the file still ends up in C:\Test\Log\TestCompleteResult. I have tried shutting down CruiseControl, rebooting the system etc. and the file still ends up in the same location.
I have deleted the directory and file, checked the time stamp and looked at the log file. All indicate that it is a new file created by the most recent run of the TestComplete script, but it always gets put in the same location: C:\Test\Log\TestCompleteResult\TestWebLog.mht.
Is there some place else this path could be defined?
From the CruiseControl.NET Wiki :
Copy: instead of merging the data into the build log, it will copy the specified files into a "build" folder under the artefacts folder for the project
In ccnet.config you can specify an artifact directory for each project into which the build results will be placed.
<project name="Project">
<artifactDirectory>C:\ProjectDir\artifacts</artifactDirectory>
...
</project>
The default merge action is to combine the specified file with the result.xml found in the artifact directory.
The "Copy" merge action copies the specified file into the artifactdirectory\Build folder.
The file you specify in the <file>...</file> tags is the source file that will be copied to the artifact folder.
The <merge> publisher includes an existing file in the build report. If you want to change the location in which the file is generated, you need to change the task configuration (i.e. in the place where TestComplete gets actually invoked).

cruisecontrol <buildargs> nant parameter not being passed

I've been trying to use the param in my cruisecontrol build config file to no avail. When checking the cruisecontrol log file, whatever buildargs I try to pass are NOT passed to the call to nAnt.
Here's the nant task:
<nant>
<buildArgs>-D:CCFoo="Unknown" -D:foo="$(foo)"</buildArgs>
<executable>C:\MCR\Trunk\BuildLibrary\NAnt.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\MCR\Trunk\tek.Build</baseDirectory>
<buildFile>tek.build</buildFile>
<targetList>
<target>cc</target>
</targetList>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>1800</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</nant>
Here's what appears in the logfile for that call to nant:
2010-01-28 08:45:12,815 [TekWebsite:DEBUG] Starting process [C:\MCR\Trunk\BuildLibrary\NAnt.exe] in working directory [C:\MCR\Trunk\tek.Build] with arguments [-nologo -buildfile:tek.build -logger:NAnt.Core.XmlLogger -D:CCNetArtifactDirectory="C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server\builds" -D:CCNetBuildCondition=ForceBuild -D:CCNetBuildDate=2010-01-28 -D:CCNetBuildTime=08:45:12 -D:CCNetFailureUsers= -D:CCNetIntegrationStatus=Unknown -D:CCNetLabel=50 -D:CCNetLastIntegrationStatus=Failure -D:CCNetListenerFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server\builds\ClarksWebsite_ListenFile.xml" -D:CCNetModifyingUsers= -D:CCNetNumericLabel=50 -D:CCNetProject=TekWebsite -D:CCNetProjectUrl=http://cor-str-mcr08/ccnet/server/local/project/TekWebsite/ViewProjectReport.aspx -D:CCNetRequestSource=Dashboard -D:CCNetWorkingDirectory="C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server" cc]
I'm thinking that maybe there's a config setting for cruisecontrol that tells it to ignore buildargs?
I've tried reordering the lines in the nant task, putting buildargs at the top as you see, and a few places in the middle and the bottom. I've tried the different syntaxes that are available for buildargs such as:
-D:CCFoo="Unknown"
-D:CCFoo=Unknown
-DCCFoo=Unknown
I figured this out - the ccnet.config file that's used by the ccnet daemon process won't reload the build config file until either:
a) the process is restarted OR
b) the ccnet.config file is altered or touched in some way.
So I just went into C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server.ccnet.config and added a space, saved and now the buildargs are being passed to nant. woohoo!
I had the exact same problem running some bat file but my reason was I has used:
<msbuild>
...
instead of
<exec>
...

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