Web Config Transformed Multiple Times - asp.net-mvc

I am using MSBuild command line to build and I used Configuration as Release but all configurations are applied. I am unable to find that what the issue could be.
I have three configurations
under Web.config
Web.Debug.config
Web.Live.config
Web.Release.config
I am using following command of MSBuild
"%MSBuildTools14.0_x64_Path%\MSBuild" %system.teamcity.build.workingDir%\Application\Application.csproj /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 /p:Configuration=Release /p:OutputPath=bin
Any Help would be appreciable !!
Edit : I have a node in web.config as
<connectionStrings configSource="Config\Sql.config" />
which I am overriding in Web.Release.config and Web.Live.Config as
<connectionStrings configSource="Config\Sql.Release.config" xdt:Transform="SetAttributes(configSource)" />
<connectionStrings configSource="Config\Sql.live.config" xdt:Transform="SetAttributes(configSource)" />
and I am getting Config\Sql.live.config in final Web.Config
So I think I am using configuration Release but all configurations are been used for transformation.
Please Help!

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TFS Can't Restore NuGet Package

I've got TFS doing some continuous integration builds. Today, it broke for one solution. It seems it can't find AutoMapper. All the other packages can be found just fine.
A couple relevant points:
None of the packages are in source control, we're letting TFS restore them.
We have an internal NuGet feed, but it doesn't seem to be a problem in other solutions, and in this solution we are still getting Entity Framework to restore - just not AutoMapper.
I tried removing and re-adding the NuGet Packages. No luck.
If I use Remote Desktop to connect to the build server and open the project in Visual Studio there, it restores the packages and builds fine.
I can build manually by executing D:\"Program Files"\"Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0"\Tools\Nuget.exe restore followed by msbuild MySolutoin.sln
Our TFS server is installed on our D:\ drive.
This is from the TFS Logs:
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Tools\nuget.exe restore "C:\Builds\1\MyCompany Web\FclQuoteWcfService\src\FclQuoteWcfService.sln" -NonInteractive
Installing 'EntityFramework 6.1.3'.
Installing 'InternalPackage 1.0'.
Successfully installed 'InternalPackage 1.0'.
Successfully installed 'EntityFramework 6.1.3'.
Unable to find version '3.3.1' of package 'AutoMapper'.
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe /nologo /noconsolelogger "C:\Builds\1\MyCompany Web\FclQuoteWcfService\src\FclQuoteWcfService.sln" /nr:False /fl /flp:"logfile=C:\Builds\1\MyCompany Web\FclQuoteWcfService\src\FclQuoteWcfService.log;encoding=Unicode;verbosity=normal" /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /m /p:OutDir="C:\Builds\1\MyCompany Web\FclQuoteWcfService\bin\\" /p:VCBuildOverride="C:\Builds\1\MyCompany Web\FclQuoteWcfService\src\FclQuoteWcfService.sln.vsprops" /dl:WorkflowCentralLogger,"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.dll";"Verbosity=Normal;BuildUri=vstfs:///Build/Build/230;IgnoreDuplicateProjects=False;InformationNodeId=12;TargetsNotLogged=GetNativeManifest,GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems,GetTargetPath;TFSUrl=http://ctidev2k8:8080/tfs/MyCompany;"*WorkflowForwardingLogger,"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.dll";"Verbosity=Normal;" /p:BuildId="9aa9f8af-c9b9-4d0a-ba06-7cc959231d8e,vstfs:///Build/Build/230" /p:BuildLabel="FclQuoteWcfService_20150330.2" /p:BuildTimestamp="Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:40:07 GMT" /p:BuildSourceVersion="LFclQuoteWcfService_20150330.2#$/MyCompany Web" /p:BuildDefinition="FclQuoteWcfService"
Exception Message: MSBuild error 1 has ended this build. You can find more specific information about the cause of this error in above messages. (type BuildProcessTerminateException) Exception Stack Trace: at System.Activities.Statements.Throw.Execute(CodeActivityContext context) at System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager) at System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation)
I've seen this too. It seems to be triggered as soon as NuGet package restore switches to the internal feed. Once it does this is doesn't switch back to the official nuget.org feed and continues to look for the packages on the internal feed.
Ensure both package sources are added to your NuGet.config file. Also ensure both sources are 'active'.
<configuration>
<packageSources>
<add key="nuget.org"
value="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/" />
<add key="example.com"
value="http://example.com/feed/nuget/" />
</packageSources>
<activePackageSource>
<add key="All"
value="(Aggregate source)" />
</activePackageSource>
</configuration>
See NuGet configuration file documentation.
Matt's answer put me on the right track but we don't use an internal feed so I had to do some more digging. This answer works, at least, for a project created in Visual Studio 2015 and built by TFS 2015.
In Visual Studio, open the NuGet package manager settings (Tools menu > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Settings). Choose "Package Sources" from the options list on the left.
Create the nuget.config file at the root of the solution. This should be the same folder location as your ".sln" solution file. Copy the following into the config file:
<configuration>
<packageSources>
</packageSources>
<activePackageSource>
<add key="All"
value="(Aggregate source)" />
</activePackageSource>
</configuration>
Within the <packageSources> tag, create an <add key="" value="" /> entry for each source listed in the "Package Sources" options window. The key is the name of the source as shown above the URL, and the value is the URL itself. Include those listed in both "Available package sources" and "Machine-wide package sources". I did not create an entry for the local filesystem as it wasn't used in this solution. Based on the screenshot above, the complete config file now contains the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<packageSources>
<add key="nuget.org"
value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
<add key="Microsoft and .NET"
value="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/curated-feeds/microsoftdotnet/" />
</packageSources>
<activePackageSource>
<add key="All"
value="(Aggregate source)" />
</activePackageSource>
</configuration>
After committing the nuget.config file to source control, TFS was able to download all the necessary NuGet packages and successfully build the solution.
In addition to Matt's answer, I'd like to highlight the following well-hidden stuff from the NuGet documentation:
NuGet config files are treated in the following priority order
(closest to the folder nuget.exe runs from wins), for example assuming
the solution directory is c:\a\b\c:
c:\a\b\c\.nuget\nuget.config - This file is only used for solution
level packages, and is not supported in nuget 3.0 - 3.4
c:\a\b\c\nuget.config
c:\a\b\nuget.config
c:\a\nuget.config
c:\nuget.config
User specific config file,
%AppData%\NuGet\nuget.config.
Or the user specified file thru option
-ConfigFile.
This could explain some weird behaviour in specific scenario's where a restore does or does not pick up a configured feed, depending on whether youre restoring with nuget 2.x or 3.x
Edit: and I found yet another reason why packages might not be detected:
I have package "A" with version 1.1.1.0 .
Prior 3.4 this command works well:
nuget install A -version 1.1.1.0
With NuGet 3.4 RC I get:
An error occurred while retrieving package metadata for 'A.1.1.1' from
source 'N'. An error occurred while retrieving package metadata for
'A.1.1.1' from source 'N'. Data at the root level is invalid. Line
1, position 1.
...
The client treats 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.01.0 and 1.1.0.0 as the same version
using SemVer rules. The reason non-normalized versions were special
cased in the past is because for v2 http calls the client would first
send the version string exactly as the user specified it

Why won't my msbuild deploy work after I check "Precompile during publishing" on the publish properties?

I checked the middle option, below, "Precompile during publishing".
This changed the FDeploy.pubxml file by a few lines. Fine. I committed this single change to my build server.
Heres the pubxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<WebPublishMethod>FileSystem</WebPublishMethod>
<LastUsedBuildConfiguration>Release</LastUsedBuildConfiguration>
<LastUsedPlatform>Any CPU</LastUsedPlatform>
<SiteUrlToLaunchAfterPublish />
<LaunchSiteAfterPublish>True</LaunchSiteAfterPublish>
<ExcludeApp_Data>False</ExcludeApp_Data>
<publishUrl>C:\Temp</publishUrl>
<DeleteExistingFiles>True</DeleteExistingFiles>
<PrecompileBeforePublish>True</PrecompileBeforePublish>
<EnableUpdateable>False</EnableUpdateable>
<DebugSymbols>False</DebugSymbols>
<WDPMergeOption>DonotMerge</WDPMergeOption>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
The remote build with mvcbuildviews enabled passed. The remote deploy failed with errors like:
Error 82 The name 'ViewBag' does not exist in the current context
Error 5 The name 'model' does not exist in the current context
and so on. There's over 100 errors like this. Keep in mind the regular msbuildviews enabled msbuild step worked fine with the same code.
I use msbuild on the web project csproj this way:
/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=FDeploy /p:VisualStudioVersion=12.0 /p:Configuration=Release
Any clues? Oh yeah, checking the box caused the same errors on my dev machine as well, I had to delete the bin, obj and appdata folders completely to neutralize it. However, doing a fresh checkout on the build server did not help.
Also note that when I went back to my old deploy profile it took a fresh checkout to fix the deploy.
I had to cheat to solve this problem: I restricted my use of MvcBuildViews to only the 'Debug' version of the project:
In the csproj file:
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews>
</PropertyGroup>
I ran into other inexplicable errors using mvcbuildviews when deploying. Seems best to avoid using it altogether. Anyway, the build is still kept clean because I compile and test the debug version too.

Build on TFS 2013 failed but okay locally

When I checked in the code, TFS 2013 built the solution automatically. It is okay in local VS 2013 but failed in TFS.
Here is the summary.
Summary
FTPProcessor | Any CPU
1 error(s), 56 warning(s)
$/xxxx/NewServiceHost/New-Branch/NewServiceHost/packageRestore.proj - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)
$/xxxx/NewServiceHost/New-Branch/GenericWindowsServices.sln - 1 error(s), 56 warning(s)
C:\Builds\1\xxxx\FTP Processor (New)\src\.nuget\nuget.targets (71): The task factory "CodeTaskFactory" could not be loaded from the assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll". Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\amd64\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Other Errors
1 error(s)
Exception Message: MSBuild error 1 has ended this build. You can find more specific information about the cause of this error in above messages. (type BuildProcessTerminateException) Exception Stack Trace: at System.Activities.Statements.Throw.Execute(CodeActivityContext context) at System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager) at System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation)
Your TFS 2013 build server is using MSBuild 12.0 where CodeTasksFactory exists in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll rather than Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll.
Ideally you should be doing the following:
1) Open your NuGet.targets file:
C:\Builds\1\xxxx\FTP Processor (New)\src.nuget\nuget.targets
2) Identify the task referencing the old DLL.
<UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" >
...
3) Then future proof it like so:
<UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v$(MSBuildToolsVersion).dll" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" >
...
As of VS2013,
you should be running MSBuild from C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\
not from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319. See
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2013/07/24/msbuild-is-now-part-of-visual-studio.aspx
source:http://gyorgybalassy.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/msb4175-the-task-factory-codetaskfactory-could-not-be-loaded/
it solved the issue for me.
After much research and trying a bunch of "hacks" I went on to understand the exact mechanics of nuget restore. It turns out, everything has changed since nuget 2.7+ and you're no longer required to include ".nuget" folder and the associated nuget.exe and nuget.target
To fix my build process and use the latest recommended approach, I did the following:
Move nuget.config to be with .sln file same folder path
Delete ".nuget" folder entirely
Delete references to that folder in .sln file
Delete following lines from any .csproj file
--
<RestorePackages>true</RestorePackages>
<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\nuget.targets" />
<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" />
--
This could take some time if your project solution has many files or you work on many projects built with Visual Studio 2013 and before.
The good news is, there's a powershell script that applies the above recursively on any folder:
https://github.com/owen2/AutomaticPackageRestoreMigrationScript/blob/master/migrateToAutomaticPackageRestore.ps1
In short, it reverses "Enable Nuget Package Restore", allowing the
newer package restore method to work.
In Visual Studio 2013, automatic package restore became part of the
IDE (and the TFS build process). This method is more reliable than the
older, msbuild integrated package restore. It does not require you to
have nuget.exe checked in to each solution and does not require any
additional msbuild targets. However, if you have the files related to
the old package restore method in your project, Visual Studio will
skip automatic package restore. (This behavior is likely to change
soon, hopefully it does).
You can use this script to remove nuget.exe, nuget.targets, and all
project and solution references to nuget.targets so you can take
advantage of Automatic Package Restore. It more or less automates the
process described here.
It will recurse through the directory you run the script from and do
it to any solutions that may be in there somewhere. Be careful and
have fun! (not responsible for anything that breaks)
A couple of good links on the subject:
http://blog.davidebbo.com/2014/01/the-right-way-to-restore-nuget-packages.html
http://docs.nuget.org/consume/package-restore/migrating-to-automatic-package-restore
I had a similar issue. We are forced into using the older msbuild that comes with the framework, rather than the v14 version that comes with visual studio 2015 because we build some old Delphi.net code. Our vcxproj files are triggering some automatic code analysis target which has a task that relies on Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll. I was able to override that task by copying and pasting it into the top of the vcxproj and tweaking the path to the dll. The original task can be found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\CodeAnalysis\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Targets". So, in other words, you might be able to override the problem task in your project.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!-- override a task which we can't use with the old msbuild -->
<UsingTask TaskName="SetEnvironmentVariable" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll">
<ParameterGroup>
<EnvKey ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
<EnvValue ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
</ParameterGroup>
<Task>
<Using Namespace="System" />
<Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
<![CDATA[
try {
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(EnvKey, EnvValue, System.EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
}
catch {
}
]]>
</Code>
</Task>
</UsingTask>

Adding files to the bin directory at Build and Publish

I have two license files that I would like to include in my \bin directory both when I build and publish.
Both files are in the App_Data directory (their initial location doesn't matter, they just need to end up in the \bin) and have the following properties set:
Build Action = Content
Copy to Output Directory = Copy Always
They are in not the \bin when I build or publish.
What is wrong with my setup: the settings, the folders, the files, something else...?
UPDATE
I moved the files out of the App_Data directory and placed them in the project root and now they are copied to the \bin on build.
I've done this in a few projects by expanding my .csproject file slightly. The following code should be put directly beneath the Project node in your WebProject.csproj.
The AfterBuild target simply copies a set of files ("unreferenced DLLs" in this case) to the bin-folder when building normally from Visual Studio. The CustomCollectFiles basically do the same thing when deploying.
<PropertyGroup>
<UnreferencedDlls>..\lib\Unreferenced\**\*.dll</UnreferencedDlls>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
CustomCollectFiles;
$(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<Message Text="Copying unreferenced DLLs to bin" Importance="High" />
<CreateItem Include="$(UnreferencedDlls)">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="_UnReferencedDLLs" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(_UnReferencedDLLs)" DestinationFolder="bin\%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
</Target>
<Target Name="CustomCollectFiles">
<Message Text="Publishing unreferenced DLLs" Importance="High" />
<ItemGroup>
<_CustomFiles Include="$(UnreferencedDlls)" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>bin\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
The part you need to modify is basically the UnreferencedDlls node to match your folder structure. The **\*.dll part simply means "every DLL file at any level beneath here".
If you're using Visual Studio:
Show your file properties (Click on your file or Right-click on it then choose Properties)
At the Copy to Output Directory property choose Copy always or Copy if newer.
At build time, the file is going to be copied at the bin directory: Debug or Release...
not necessarily a direct answer, but I highly suggest not using the baked in "publish" mechanism, but rather wire up a build script (probably in powershell) that will do everything you need. It's really easy to hook into MSBuild as well as nUnit and also copy files and move them around.
POWERSHELL (rough) example.
# Get Directory Location
$invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation).Value
$directorypath = Split-Path $invocation.MyCommand.Path
# Build the application using MSBuild
cmd /c C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\$v4_net_version\msbuild.exe "$directorypath\MyProject.sln" /p:Configuration=Release
# Run the tests using nUnit
cmd /c $directorypath\build\nunit\nunit-console.exe $solutionPath\MyProject.Tests\bin\debug\MyProject.Tests.dll
# Copy the license to the appropriate directory
Copy-Item -LiteralPath "$directorypath\mylicensefile.txt" "$directorypath\bin\release" -Force
# NOTE: You are going to have to adjust this to match your solution and projects.
In this post on Microsoft Connect the answer is much simpler:
Referenced assemblies in Unit Test are not copied in TestResults/Out
So what I did was the following:
[TestClass]
[DeploymentItem("Some.dll")]
public class SomeTests
{
...
}
It works fine for me.
Hope it help.

TFS 2012 build error The "CreateWorkspaceTask" task was not given a value for the required parameter "BuildAgentUri"

We upgraded to TFS 2012 and changed our legacy build templates to remove all strong name references to Microsoft.TeamFoundation namespaces from the Activity element. We are now getting the following error when building:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets (801): The "CreateWorkspaceTask" task was not given a value for the required parameter "BuildAgentUri".
Has anyone else encountered this error?
I just resolved this issue earlier today....
Navigate and open:-
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets
Find the section resembling the following:-
CreateWorkspaceTask
TeamFoundationServerUrl="$(TeamFoundationServerUrl)"
BuildUri="$(BuildUri)"
BuildDirectory="$(BuildDirectory)"
SourcesDirectory="$(SolutionRoot)"
Name="$(WorkspaceName)"
Comment="$(CreateWorkspaceTaskComment)"
Replace it with:-
<!-- Create the workspace for this build -->
<CreateWorkspaceTask
TeamFoundationServerUrl="$(TeamFoundationServerUrl)"
BuildUri="$(BuildUri)"
BuildDirectory="$(BuildDirectory)"
SourcesDirectory="$(SolutionRoot)"
Name="$(WorkspaceName)"
Comment="$(CreateWorkspaceTaskComment)"
Condition=" '$(ProjectFileVersion)' != '4'">
<Output TaskParameter="Name" PropertyName="WorkspaceName" />
<Output TaskParameter="Owner" PropertyName="WorkspaceOwner" />
</CreateWorkspaceTask>
<CreateWorkspaceTask
TeamFoundationServerUrl="$(TeamFoundationServerUrl)"
BuildUri="$(BuildUri)"
BuildDirectory="$(BuildDirectory)"
BuildAgentUri="$(BuildAgentUri)"
SourcesDirectory="$(SolutionRoot)"
Name="$(WorkspaceName)"
Comment="$(CreateWorkspaceTaskComment)"
Condition=" '$(ProjectFileVersion)' == '4'">
<Output TaskParameter="Name" PropertyName="WorkspaceName" />
<Output TaskParameter="Owner" PropertyName="WorkspaceOwner" />
</CreateWorkspaceTask>
Please pay special attention to the casing of the text as this is an XML document...
Please let me know if this helps...
Cheers!
...
Chev
We ran into this same issue on one of our build machines. The build machine was working fine one day and stopped the next. The only change was finishing the installation of Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010.
We figured that possibly MSBuild got rolled to a previous version.
So we looked at this file on another build machine and that section looked exactly like the snippet Chev provided.
So we went into "progams and features" on the build machine and did a Repair on the TFS 2012 installation. That updated the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets file to look just like the snippet provided by Chev.
Now the builds run correctly again.

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