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I need to implement a publishing step in a TFS Build deployment process to generate the Build artifacts. We are using Gulp for our local build/publishing process, but want to try and use HPP for TFS builds.

So first I tried to add the https://github.com/richardszalay/helix-publishing-pipeline Nuget package to my Helix website Project.

I edited the csproj of website and added the below . I also created a new website Publishing. Project and added the same and got the below error: 

<ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Foundation\*\code\*.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Feature\*\code\*.csproj" />   
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Project\*\code\*.csproj" /> 
  </ItemGroup>



<DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
  <PublishProfile>Company-DEV</PublishProfile>
</PropertyGroup>

<!-- The rest can go into ProjectName.wpp.targets if you prefer -->
<PropertyGroup>
  <AutoPublish Condition="'$(AutoPublish)' == '' and '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' and '$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true' and '$(PublishProfile)' != ''">true</AutoPublish>

  <AutoPublishDependsOn Condition="'$(AutoPublish)' == 'true'">
    $(AutoPublishDependsOn);
    WebPublish
  </AutoPublishDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>

But I am getting this error -

There is a circular dependency in the target dependency graph involving target "CollectReferencesFromHelixModules".

If I remove this line - <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Project\*\code\*.csproj" /> then the error goes away.

Can anyone help to figure out why the circular dependency can be removed. I also want the Project website, bin to be generated in the build artifacts.

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  • Did you add the HPP website project to the the Project folder?
    – Richard Seal ♦
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 5:53
  • Yes @RichardSeal I added to Project first and then got this error , then i created a new Publishing Project , and got the same error
    – Abhay Dhar
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 5:55

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My guess is that you have added the HPP Website project to your Helix Projects folder, and so its trying to add a reference to itself and getting into a Circular reference.

When I use HPP I set my folders up like this:

Solution
-- Feature
-- Foundation
-- Project
-- Website
   -- HelixPublishingPipeline.Website.csproj

Doing it like that should clear up any circular references.

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  • Let me try moving the publishing Project outside "Project" folder and into a website folder
    – Abhay Dhar
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 5:57
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    Thanks , it works on moving project with HPP to its own website folder. Would this structure be in-line with Helix principles ?
    – Abhay Dhar
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 8:55
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    yeah. I solved that issue by moving the HPP publishing project outside of the dynamic Project layer structure. Helix principles do not dictate a physical structure, but a rather a set of guidelines between physical or logic boundary which do not depend on filesystem. That's an implementation details imho.
    – Roman
    Commented Dec 17, 2019 at 21:44

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