Automation tool documentation non-existant

General Feedback & Requests
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I’ve recently setup CI with Jenkins and our Perforce server for our project using the existing RunUAT scripts. Only through debugging of the automation tool was I able to learn about all the available params and how to build multiple targets at once. Furthermore there is existing code for automatically making perforce changelists within the tool. I already setup other scripts to perform the Perforce work after the builds completed, but it was interesting/annoying to find potential support already build into the automation tool.

I’ve noticed multiple posts on answerhub about how to setup continuous integration or use the automation tool properly and none of them have had solid responses. I might end up writing my own post once I get the full nightly debug/dev/shipping with a cooked package to perforce working.

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I have entered a request to expand the current documentation covering the Automation Tool: EUDOC-277. In the meantime, there is some documentation available, although it may not cover your specific needs:

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Thanks for the response. I realize my title was certainly hyperbole now. The existing documentation does not cover any specific commands nor how it would be used from the command line. I think those topics with detail would be best to expand on.

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Our team has also done some CI work (http://www.extroforge.com/unreal-build-automation-and-deployment-at-extroforge/). We’d be fascinatied to see what you’ve come up with (and what we’ve missed)…

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Extremely similar to what we are doing. The jenkins config pretty much looks identical minus a few other plugins and different projects of course.