Templates allow us to create similar build configurations easily, without having to duplicate the similar configurations between them. Templates in TeamCity are entities from which build configurations can be created. Also, build configurations can be based on templates. Such build configurations inherit all the configurations from the template that they are associated with.
As is obvious, templates are very useful when we need to have multiple build configurations that are all very similar. Instead of creating individual build configurations that have these similar configurations repeated, we could have these similarities in a template and have each build configuration with only its minor differences.
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TeamCity also has the ability to copy an existing build configuration and create a new one. This feature can be used when creating a one-off similar build. When we need to create multiple similar configurations, the copy method must be avoided.
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