Please see the Community TFS Build Manager VS2013 for future development. We will try and fix major bugs only in this 2012 version.
UPDATE 16 May 2014 (2.11.0.11)
- FIX - Assembly reference issue
UPDATE 15 May 2014 (2.11.0.10)
- FIX - Sort order of Controllers and Team Projects
- FIX - Disabled definitions are shown as dim italic font again
- FIX - Clone a build to the same project
- FIX - Clone a build with no drop location to a branch
- FIX - Theme support
- FIX - Performance issues on viewing Running and Completed builds
- FIX - Show build duration of builds that have started
- NEW - Filter build definitions by Server Workspace Mappings
- NEW - Dump Build Definition (requires TFS 2012 PowerTools to be installed. TFVC only)
UPDATE 02 Mar 2014 (2.11.0.6)
- FIX - filtering by duration
- FIX - paused build definitions filtered out as disabled
- NEW - clean "drops folder" option to delete drops folders of already deleted builds
- NEW - pause definitions
- NEW - show build definition count
- NEW - allow retry builds in the builds view
UPDATE 25 Nov 2013 (2.11.0.5)
- NEW - Git team projects and builds are now supported
UPDATE 30 Oct 2013 (2.11.0.4)
- NEW - Allow deletion of build definitions using del key
UPDATE 26 Sep 2013 (2.11.0.3)
- NEW - Display Build ID in the Build Definitions tab
UPDATE 17 Sep 2013 (2.11.0.2)
- FIX - Build Controller exception when re-mapping workspaces
UPDATE 11 Sep 2013 (2.11.0.1)
UPDATE 11 Sep 2013 (2.11.0.0)
- NEW - Search and replace workspace mappings
- NEW - Filter Build Definitions via text
- NEW - Access build logs in web access
- NEW - Build Duration and Agent Name columns
- NEW - Friendly Trigger Names
- NEW - Easily queue high priority builds
- NEW - Clone to Project
- FIX - Case insensitive comparisons when changing drop location of existing builds
- FIX - Invalid Project Reference issue
- FIX - Only change & save the new process template only if it's a different one
- FIX - UI typo in Change Drop Location screen
UPDATE 17 July 2013 (1.4.0.10)
- Expose Drop Location on completed builds
- Fix for keep all builds
- Fix missing images
UPDATE 31 Jan 2013 (1.4.0.9)
- Fix - Team Explorer link may open in wrong Visual Studio Instance
- Fix - Filter out deleted branches when Cloning builds
UPDATE 21 Dec 2012 (1.4.0.8)
- New - Icon Refresh
- New - Team Explorer 2012 Integration (Navigation link under Builds)
- New - Allow Retaining of all builds
- New - Resume postponed builds
- Fix - Allow cloning of builds with no Drop Location
- Fix - Handle connecting to TPC with no Projects
UPDATE 09 Dec 2012 (1.4.0.7)
- Fixed missing vertical scrollbar
The Community TFS Build Manager is developed as part of theCommunity TFS Build Extensions CodePlex project where a standalone Windows Application is available in the release from CodePlex.
The Community TFS Build Manager VS2012 has been created for two reasons.
- An implementation of the Team Foundation Build API which is referenced by theRangers Build Customization Guidance V2
- Provide a solution to a real problem. The Community TFS Build Manager is intended to ease the management of builds in medium to large Team Foundation Server environments, though it does provide a few features which all users may find useful.
Current Feature Set
- View and sort Builds and Build Definitions across multiple Build Controllers and Team Projects
- Bulk operations on Build Definitions
- Change Build Templates
- Queue
- Enable
- Disable
- Delete
- Edit
- Set Retention Policies
- Change Drop Location
- Change Build Controller
- Change Build Triggers
- Clone Build Definitions (includes workspace mapping translation)
- Create a DGML image of your Builds and Controllers
- Bulk operations on Builds
- Delete
- Set Build Quality
- Open Drop Folders
- Retain Indefinitely
- Stop/Cancel
NOTE: A standalone Windows Application is available in the release from CodePlex.
The latest bits are always available direct from the CodePlex page. We will push releases to the gallery as and when we make significant changes.
We look forward to your feedback!
