Question

The TFS Build API is pathetically underdocumented on MSDN. How do I delete an existing build definition through the API?

(I want to delete one before I make a replacement with updated settings…)

Answer 1

This seems to be working for me (found via trial and error) so far.

try
{
    var def = buildServer.GetBuildDefinition(
        teamProject, buildDefinition.Name, QueryOptions.Definitions);
    buildServer.DeleteBuilds(def.QueryBuilds());
    def.Delete();
}
catch (Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.BuildDefinitionNotFoundException)
{
    // didn't exist, so do nothing..
}