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q. how can setup our config/transforms release management work in example way?

i'm trying release management work in way videos seem show. same build progressing through environments going through build --> dev/staging --> production.

it's making me step little , question way our configurations in visual studio solutions (and our git flow branch process). think way use configurations making things more difficult further down line build , release.

configurations

we use 2 default configurations, debug & release.

• we tend use debug build on our dev (contains dev database connection string & other app settings transforms). deploy 'dev'.
• then have release configuration production transforms in. deploy 'production'.

how can setup our config/transforms release management work in example way?

one option: build both configurations. publish both configurations artifacts in build.

in release definition, deploy appropriate configuration linked artifacts.

another option: don't compile-time configuration transforms , instead deployment-time configuration.