Convenience Computing

I recently came across an issue when setting up a demo for TechDays online. Part of the demo involved sharing a solution between Xamarin Studio on a Mac and VisualStudio on a SurfaceBook. The original solution was created in VS and uploaded to VSTS for source control.

The problem came when checking out to Xamarin.Studio on attempting to build I got an Unknown Build Error.

The Solution: After many attempts, Clint Francis form the Xamarin UK team spotted that the VSTS repository name had a space in it and the Git client in Xamarin.Studio had converted this to %20. Removing this allowed the app to build.