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Not generating metdata on VSTS

See original GitHub issue

I’m using DocFX 2.17.1. I don’t use the docfx.console package. I have checked in the dlls into GIT in a tools directory. On VSTS I made a build task (just a commandline task) which calls the docfx.exe with the arguments metadata $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\docs\docfx.json --loglevel verbose. When running the build it’s not generating any metadata.

This is the log file. I highlighted the lines which seems weird to me. Did I make a mistake in the docfx.json ?

2017-05-11T12:00:34.2545800Z ==============================================================================
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z Task         : Command Line
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z Description  : Run a command line with arguments
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z Version      : 1.1.3
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z Help         : [More Information](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=613735)
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2555813Z ==============================================================================
2017-05-11T12:00:34.2565803Z ##[command]d:\a\1\s\tools\docfx\docfx.exe metadata d:\a\1\s\docs\docfx.json --loglevel verbose
2017-05-11T12:00:34.5185880Z [17-05-11 12:00:34.518]Verbose:Config file "d:\a\1\s\docs\docfx.json" is used.
**2017-05-11T12:00:37.2472017Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.247]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceStatusEmailer/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceStatusEmailer
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3332026Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.332]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceModule/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceModule
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3352027Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.335]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Data/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Data
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3372027Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.337]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConfigurationAssigner/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IoTSuitePlus.DeviceConfigurationAssigner
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3402026Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.340]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.MessageProcessor/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.MessageProcessor
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3422028Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.342]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Common/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Common
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3492031Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.349]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.HierarchyModule/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.HierarchyModule
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3522053Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.352]Verbose:Successfully generated metadata d:/a/1/s/src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConnectionStateUpdater/obj/xdoc/cache/obj for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConnectionStateUpdater
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3572031Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.357]Warning:No metadata is generated for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceStatusEmailer,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceModule,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Data,ICTGroup.IoTSuitePlus.DeviceConfigurationAssigner,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.MessageProcessor,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Common,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.HierarchyModule,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConnectionStateUpdater.**
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3622039Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.362]Info:Completed executing in 2562.6864 milliseconds.
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3692040Z 
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3692040Z 
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3692040Z Build succeeded with warning.
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3692040Z [17-05-11 12:00:37.369]Warning:No metadata is generated for ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceStatusEmailer,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceModule,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Data,ICTGroup.IoTSuitePlus.DeviceConfigurationAssigner,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.MessageProcessor,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.Common,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.HierarchyModule,ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConnectionStateUpdater.
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3742041Z 	1 Warning(s)
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3742041Z 	0 Error(s)
2017-05-11T12:00:37.3932040Z ##[section]Finishing: DocFX Metadata

docfx.json

{
  "metadata": [
    {
      "src": [
        {
          "files": [
            "src/**.csproj"
          ],
          "exclude": [
            "src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.MessageRouter.TestApplication/**.csproj",
            "src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConfigurationAssigner.TestApplication/**.csproj",
            "src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceConnectionStateUpdater.TestApplication/**.csproj",
            "src/ICTGroup.IotSuitePlus.DeviceStatusEmailer.TestApplication/**.csproj",
            "**/obj/**",
            "**/bin/**",
            "_site/**"
          ],
          "src": ".."
        }
      ],
      "dest": "api"
    }
  ],
  "build": {
    "content": [
      {
        "files": [
          "api/**.yml",
          "api/index.md"
        ]
      },
      {
        "files": [
          "articles/**.md",
          "articles/**/toc.yml",
          "toc.yml",
          "*.md"
        ],
        "exclude": [
          "obj/**",
          "_site/**"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "resource": [
      {
        "files": [
          "images/**"
        ],
        "exclude": [
          "obj/**",
          "_site/**"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "overwrite": [
      {
        "files": [
          "apidoc/**.md"
        ],
        "exclude": [
          "obj/**",
          "_site/**"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "dest": "_site",
    "globalMetadata": {
      "_appTitle": "ICT Group IoT SuitePlus Documentation",
      "_appFooter": "<span>Copyright &copy; 2017 <a href='http://www.ict.eu' target='_blank'>ICT Group B.V.</a><br>Generated by <strong>DocFX</strong></span>",
      "_appLogoPath": "images/iotsuitepluslogo_white.png",
      "_appFaviconPath": "images/iotsuiteplus.ico",
      "_enableNewTab": true,
      "_enableSearch": true
    },
    "globalMetadataFiles": [],
    "fileMetadataFiles": [],
    "template": [
      "default",
      "templates/ictgroup"
    ],
    "postProcessors": [],
    "noLangKeyword": false
  }
}