NCover failing due to 'Parameter "system.teamcity.build.checkoutDir" is undefined.'

Any idea why I am getting the following error in all my build logs which use NCover:

Parameter "system.teamcity.build.checkoutDir" is undefined.

I thought the paramter referenced in the error message was defined by TeamCity?  Is that incorrect?  The 6.5.x docs seem to imply this:

In your build script you may refer to the effective value of build checkout directory via the teamcity.build.checkoutDir property provided by TeamCity.

Best Regards,
Andrew Frarser

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Hi Andrew

As stated at Predefined Build Parameters page:

  • Make sure to replace "." with "_" when using properties in MSBuild scripts. That is useteamcity_dotnet_nunitlauncher_msbuild_task instead ofteamcity.dotnet.nunitlauncher.msbuild.task
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Hi Michael,

I am not using the property in my configuration at all.  The error occurs just after the checkout:

[12:28:43]: Checking for changes
[12:29:36]: Clearing temporary directory: x
[12:29:36]: Checkout directory: x
[12:29:36]: Updating sources: agent side checkout... (1m:33s)
[12:29:36]: [Updating sources: agent side checkout...] Will perform clean checkout. Reason: Checkout directory is empty or doesn't exist
[12:29:36]: [Updating sources: agent side checkout...] Cleaning x
[12:29:36]: [Updating sources: agent side checkout...] VCS Root: x (1m:33s)
[12:29:36]: [VCS Root: x] revision: x
[12:31:10]: Swabra (3s)
[12:31:10]: [Swabra] Saving x directory state to snapshot file 7a800701.snapshot
[12:31:13]: Resolving artifact dependencies (4s)
[12:31:13]: [Resolving artifact dependencies] Destination directory cleaned: x
[12:31:13]: [Resolving artifact dependencies] Destination directory cleaned: x
[12:31:15]: [Resolving artifact dependencies] 1 files retrieved for [x] downloading pattern
[12:31:18]: [Resolving artifact dependencies] 33 files retrieved for [x] downloading pattern
[12:31:18]: Parameter "system.teamcity.build.checkoutDir" is undefined.
[12:31:18]: Publishing internal artifacts (3s)
[12:31:22]: [Publishing internal artifacts] Sending build.start.properties.gz file
[12:31:18]: Step 1/2: MSBuild (24s)

Cheers,
Andrew

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Please check how artifact dependencies are configured for this build configuration.
It looks like that parameter is used in artifact path rules there. Change them to relative paths.

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Hi Michael,

I don't use the parameter in my artifact dependency at all:

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The path rules both start with a folder name e.g. test\bin.

Cheers,
Andrew

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