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Tool to Migrate from SVN to TFS

Hi can any one suggest tool for migrating from SVN to TFS preferred Open Source ...

Is a TFS branch a physical or logical snapshot?

When code is branched in TFS using the branch method, is the code physically or logically branched? By logical, I mean is it just a changeset (changed deltas) or are all of the files copied? ...

How can I hide a work item field from some users in TFS 2008?

I'm customizing work item templates in TFS 2008 through the PowerTools and I'm wondering is it possible to hide a field (or it's value) for certain users? For example, let's say I open TFS to my clients so they can submit feature requests. I'd like them to see the work item created, to see the history, changes etc. but I'd like to keep ...

How can I report on files with pending changes in TFS?

I'd like to create a simple report that shows files that currently have pending changes (checked out) from a TFS 2008 server. I know that I can "Find in Source Control" option from the Team Explorer, but I rather have a reporting services report if that's possible. Ideally, I'd be able to show when the file was checked out and the user t...

When to use a Tag/Label and when to branch?

Hi, Using TFS, when would you label your code and when would you branch? Is there a concept of mainline/trunk in TFS? ...

In TFS, once I have the build definition setup, how to I modify the task list etc?

Hi, I setup my build definition, is that all I do when it comes to setting up my build using the Team Explorer GUI? It seems like the only thing for me to do now is edit the msbuild .proj file? Is there a GUI for this or its all hand editing from here on it? ...

TFS build, which file do I add my custom tasks too?

Hi, New to TFS build. I am looking at the .proj file right now, and I see it references the microsoft.teamfoundation.build.targets file. Which file do I add my custom tasks too? And where is that file located (if its not the .proj file). I want to add a custom task to run dotfuscator (command line tool) and pass it a .xml file as a ...

How to roll back a previous version of a TFS project?

Duplicate how to Rollback using TFS Somehow I checked in a version of a web project that deleted an entire folder (with subfolders and asp.net files). I want those files back, I can sacrifice the latest check-in because I can easily replicate it again. How do I tell the TF server to roll back to the version just before the curre...

TFS: How can you Undo Checkout of Unmodified files in a batch file

We use a batch file to generate code, and it automatically checks out the generated files from Team Foundation Server (TFS) so that it can regenerate them. The majority of these files are not modified, but the generator does not know this ahead of time. The "tfs undo" command undoes the checkout, but prompts if some have been modified (...

TFS Team Explorer Stand Alone With VS 2008 Installed

Does anyone know how you can install/run the TFS Team Explorer in stand alone mode when Visual Studio 2008 is installed on the same machine? Additional Information: I should have been a little more clear in my question. I'm trying to access the Work Items. ...

TFS Strategy for moving large number of projects from Source Safe

The company I work for has over 1000 apps which we maintain. Many of these are in old technologies like VB6, or poor technologies (Access). We are looking to move away from Source Safe. We have TFS running, and we are moving our dot.net projects to TFS. The other projects don't integrate with TFS, and do not need a portal or any of the ...

Aligning assembly version numbers with TFS Buildnumber

I am wondering if there is a way to synchronize the build numbers (20080213.1) without using the BuildNumberOverrideTarget where I would have to generate my own build number? I basically want to use the default/built-in tfs buildnumber generator but want to access it to align my assembly versions with it. Can this be done and is it a sen...

How do I figure out which changeset a label in TFS was applied to?

We're using Team Foundation Server and we are using Labels to create points in our version history where specific versions (either internal or external) were produced. Right now we were wondering if a particular changeset was done before or after a specific label (and thus included in that version or not), but we must be looking in the ...

Report Server not available after Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 install

We installed SP1 on our Team Foundation Server 2008 server. Everything seems fine after the install, except there is a red X on the Reports folder in the Team Explorer in Visual Studio. If we attempt to access the Reporting Services web site, we get a message that says that the "report server is unavailable". There were no errors during ...

How to send a custom email containing TFS Build status

I'd like to send a custom build status email during or after the TFS build, but it doesn't look like the actual compilation status, etc. is known until after the entire process ends. Does anyone know of a way to send a custom email (other than the built-in alert email) that has the true build status? ...

Directly query TFS Warehouse using T-sql

Hi I'm wondering if anybody has had any experience querying a Team Foundation Server store to retrieve current work item information. It is my understanding that the information I require is stored in the TFSWarehouse Database. I'm well aware that there are APIs that provide this functionality and I've used them myself. However these co...

Merge - Check-in comments

What is the best way to check-in merges when it comes to indicating what is being merged? I have say 10 changesets I am merging from my main branch to a release branch. Each of those contains detailed comments that I have written when checking in to the main branch. Now when I am merging I find myself and other members of the team writin...

What is Shelving in TFS? just a soft checkin so others can see code?

Hi, Is shelving in TFS merely a soft checkin so other team members can see the source code? i.e. the shelved code will not be compiled right? ...

Best way to integrate StyleCop with TFS CI

I've been doing research on how to enable source analysis for the project I'm working on and plan to use StyleCop. The setup I have is a TFS Server for source control, using TFS Continuous Integration. I want to enable source analysis for CI builds and daily builds run on the build machine, and not only for those run on developers' machi...

How can I create custom sections in TFS build reports?

I know how to add custom BuildStep task; however, it would be nice to create a new section, similar to the Summary and Build Steps sections. We are selectively deploying the files on a successful build based on the difference between the workspace and destination environment. We do create an HTML and XML log of the files we move and the...