I'm setting up a publish to a relative path for testing locally (especially xml config transformations). Each developer has their own path to the checked out project and I'd like to set up a publish that is machine/environment agnostic.
The publish dialog doesn't hint at any variables or wildcards that are allowed in it and it doesn't accept obj\publish
or file://./obj/publish
Is there a way to publish to a relative filesystem path?
For Visual Studio 2012, this solution will not work. You should look at the answer by michielvoo just after this one.
After trying and trying I found the solution: you can use a relative path by setting
file:///./obj/publish
in the Publish WebApp
dialog, but you must use a path that is already existent and writable by the user you are using. This way you can publish your web app in a local folder, or a path related folder.
Let me know if this helps. It did for me.