Top "Build-automation" questions

Build automation is the act of scripting or automating tasks like compiling, packaging, running tests, deployment etc.

WiX undefined preprocessor variable

I'm starting to use WiX in order to do automated builds to create msi's of my c# projects and am …

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How do I force cmake to include "-pthread" option during compilation?

I know there is something like find_package(Threads) but it doesn't seem to make a difference (at least by …

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How to make System command calls in Java/Groovy?

What I want to do is invoke maven from a groovy script. The groovy script in question is used as …

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How do you automate a Visual Studio build?

How do you turn a Visual Studio build that you'd perform in the IDE into a script that you can …

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Why is there no need for Maven in .NET?

I have the impression, that in the .NET-world, there is no real need for a Maven-like tool. I am aware …

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Recursive CMake search for header and source files

I am new to CMake and would like to ask if somebody can help in the following problem. I have …

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Sublime Text CoffeeScript build system: `env: node: No such file or directory`

I'm trying to set up a CoffeeScript build system in Sublime Text 3, but I keep getting the following error: env: …

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How do you determine the latest SVN revision number rooted in a directory?

I would like to start tagging my deployed binaries with the latest SVN revision number. However, because SVN is file-based …

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CMake: specifying build toolchain

Very new to CMake, and so far I'm finding it to be extremely helpful. I have a set of custom …

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Promising alternatives to make?

I've been using make and makefiles for many many years, and although the concept is sound, the implementation has something …

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