Is it possible to Export TFS 2010 Build Definitions?

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I'm cleaning up old build definitions and I want to back them up in case there is something I'm missing, is there a way to export the build definitions using Visual Studio 2010?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 00:59

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Team Foundation Power Tools commands has a command that will allow one to export/dump out a build definition to a text file.

From the Visual Studio command prompt:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC>tfpt builddefinition /dump ProjectName\BuildDefinitionName /filepath:C:\filename.txt /collection:uri

answered Jul 11 '13 at 00:59

Kuraish Muhammad

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There is another switch for the tfpt builddefinition which I found useful. /diff opened up my compare tool with text representations of the two build definitions that I had specified. tfpt builddefinition /diff \ \ – Scott Munro Nov 22 '13 at 11:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You could use the TFS API to export it to a format that you could load it back in with like in How to Move TFS 2010 Build Definition between Projects? .

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Feb 24 '11 at 21:09

Sean Lynch

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Dang! Yea, I haven't seen anything out of the box either - I was hoping there was, though. =\ – porusan Feb 24 '11 at 22:46
I had seen this other solution before but was hoping for something out of the box. Ah well now I know. – rwoodford Feb 25 '11 at 18:12

Is it possible to Export TFS 2010 Build Definitions?

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