Editing TFS2010 Build Definitions

We're currently setting up a number of builds in TFS2010 for our various projects/solutions.

We have a large number where the structure and paths, etc. are essentially the same, but one word may change (for example, using all Integration workspaces versus our Trunk workspaces).

In TFS2008, I would simply edit the XML directly and do some creative search and replace or some magic in textpad before saving the file. However, I do not see any immediate way of doing this in TFS2010 - so I'm stuck slogging through the build definition UI.

I know, in doing a SQL Trace, that all of this ends up as XML - so is there a way to directly开发者_JAVA百科 access this XML for hand-editing vs. being forced to do all changes through the front-end?

Thanks!

Edit for additional clarity

I have the Power Tools installed, etc. and can clone my builds - but my editing options are still limited to the UI, so if I have a large number of workspace path changes I have to do them by hand (one at a time).

My goal is to be able to directly edit the XAML for a specific build definition so I can do a clone, open the XAML, and then do a search/replace in bulk.

Download and install the Team Foundation Server Power Tools. You can also get them through the Visual Studio Extension Gallery. After installing, you can right click on a Build Definition in Team Explorer and select the Clone Build Definition command (added by the Power Tools installation) to make a copy of an existing build definition. Then you can tweak it appropriately for another branch, etc.

The following tool (VS Addin) will satisfy your requirement>

Community TFS Build Manager

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/16bafc63-0f20-4cc3-8b67-4e25d150102c

The build definitions are all .xaml files now - they're WF4 workflows, and they're XML files.

Jim Lamb is right. The build templates are .xaml files now. The definitions are accessed through web services.

I'm about to experiment with a quick HTML form posting to /tfs/_tfs_resources/Build/V3.0/BuildService.asmx/QueryBuildDefinitionsByUri. I noticed when I clicked the build definition in Team Explorer that it has an associated URI: vstfs:///Build/Definition/2. Stay tuned.