Running MSBuild action without 'Project File'

Continua CI Discussion
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Hi,

We discovered that the MS Build action’s ‘Project File’ field is mandatory. Today we ran into a build configuration that is considered to be more optimal when run just on a directory rather than an explicit project or solution file.

For what we can see, MSBuild can also be executed in I directly, using the directory itself as scope for the build (similary to for instance Make)

See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164311.aspx which states that the [ProjectFile] parameter is optional.

Could it be possible to make the ‘Project File’ field optional, or do you have a different rationale?

Kind regards,
Remko Seelig

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Hi Remko,

Yes, we’ll get this updated for the next version. We will probably change the field to “Project File or Folder” as the command will need a working directory and this is currently derived from the Project File path.

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Sounds great, looking forward to that.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Remko Seelig