We've only recently begun using TFS (2008) with Visual Studio (2008). A couple of developers discovered the "Get everything when a solution or project is opened" option in VS and decided it was a good idea--and it would seem to be.
However, we've been getting some curious results when opening some solutions. The solutions in question contain several projects of mixed types--mostly class libraries and web apps. The curious part is the list of files in the "Get" dialog box that comes up.
Here's what I've found out so far about the files in the list:
- The list is incomplete; not every controlled file in the solution is listed.
- The version in the workspace matches the version in source control.
- They are not missing from the workspace.
- There are files from each of the projects in the solution; though, not every file in each project is included.
- The list of files is the same for three seperate developers on three seperate machines.
- Running a tf get from a command line does not yeild the same results.
Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. As I mentioned, this option seems like a good idea, but we're a bit hesitant to rely on it when the results are unexpected.
Thanks.