MSDeploy: "Leave extra files on destination" from command line?

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I use MSDeploy to publish things to different servers during CI. When I publish from Visual Studio 2010 I have a "Leave extra files on destination" option, but I can't seem to find a flag for this functionality when invoking MSDeploy from the command line.

Does anyone know how to do this??

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 23 '15 at 20:58

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For msdeploy.exe you need to add -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule to ensure content is not deleted. For more info on MSDeploy rules see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd568992(WS.10).aspx.

edited Jan 23 '15 at 20:58

Kenny Evitt

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answered Oct 12 '10 at 01:13

Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi

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Thanks, that's what I needed! – Brad Heller Oct 13 '10 at 02:43
if running this from a 'package' you can add it directly as a parameter to the generated CMD file - eg. `SPAHost.Web.deploy.cmd /t -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule` (where /T is a dry-run) – Simon_Weaver Feb 06 '20 at 03:37

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '11 at 07:46

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If you want to choose which dirs need to be leaved, you can read http://blog.alanta.nl/2011/02/web-deploy-customizing-deployment.html

answered Sep 30 '11 at 07:46

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MSDeploy: "Leave extra files on destination" from command line?

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