tfs

how to find all changes below a certain point in the source control tree

I need to know what changes (if any) have happened at a particular level in our source control treee. Is there someway to make such a query of TFS? ...

TFS: Select two files to merge

In TFS, I normally right-click a file and select Merge to merge it. What if I have two files I want to select to include in a single merge? How do I do that? ...

Stop from Visual Studio opening TFS WIQ files as Text

Previously my installation of Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 wre both opening WIQ files correctly - connecting to TFS and wunning the TFS Query. Now both are opening the WIQ file as plain XML. Of course, I could reinstall Visual Studio to fix the problem. But I am looking for tips toward a faster work-around. Has someone enc...

upgrading tfs 2008 sp1 to use sql server 2008

I have an instance of tfs 2008 supported by sql server 2005. I want to change the sql server machine by doing a restore based move. I also want to change the version of sql server to 2008. I know that i can restore backups from sql 2005 to sql 2008, IN GENERAL, but I don't know if this is a thing that is OK for tfs databases. I also k...

Attach and upgrade TFS 2005 databases to a TFS 2008 installation

I have a Windows server 2008 with SQL 2008 and TFS 2008 installed. And I have another box with SQL 2005 and TFS 2005 installed. Does anyone know of a way I can just transfer the databases (or data in another way) from TFS 2005 to TFS 2008. Any data on the 2008 box can be deleted. The machines are not in a domain so all accounts are loc...

Get files from TFS under Linux

Hi, is there a free (command line) tool for linux which with I can get all files from a TFS-Repository (no Check in / Check out required - only get actual version)? greets CFI ...

Problems with Copy Target in TFSBuild.proj

As part of my TFS (2008) build I want to manually copy the binaries and Views of an ASP.NET MVC project to a number of different locations. All existing binaries and views are copied successfully. Unfortunately, however, any newly added views are ignored during their first build. If I then start another build, they are included. Here is...

Code Review Tool for Eclipse + Teamprise + TFS

We write Java code, work with Eclipse but use TFS (through Teamprise) as a repository since vast majority of our company is .NET-based. Do you have an idea whether there is a tool supporting code review which works with both TFS as a repository and Eclipse as an IDE and isn't crappy at the same time? Open source preferred, but any idea ...

team foundation server bug tracking tools

I am new to TFS and am told that TFS (VS 2008) has an internal bug tracking system. I have used open source bug tracking systems before but want to work with TFS now. If anyone knows or has links to any readin bout this please answer this question ...

Best open source alternative for MS Visual Source Safe?

We are leaving VSS for TFS or any other alternatives. I'm the one who persists to go for an open source alternative like SVN. Now I'm searching for a good open source Version Control regarding following aspects: We are in love with open source movement and cross-platform. Could it be possible to use it with Mono, SharpDevelop and Expre...

Automated Build and Deploy of Windows Services

How would you implement an automated build and deploy system for Windows services. Things to keep in mind: The service will have to be stopped on the target machine. The service entry in the Windows registry might need to be created/updated. Some, but not all, of the services might need to be automatically started. I am willing to us...

ASMX + external dll

I am working on Silverlight client to Microsoft Team Foundation Server. I am using an ASMX web service to make the actual calls using the TFS api. Everything works fine when I run it with the visual studio development server, but I cannot figure out how to deploy the app to IIS. I can get the ASMX web service to work unless it is a ca...

using perforce with team foundation server

Does Team Foundation Server 2008 or upcoming 2010 work with perforce as the SCM tool? I haven't been able to find any documentation on the web indicating whether or not this configuration is supported? I apologize if this question has been answered elsewhere. ...

TFS email notification

When I add a bug (Work Item) in TFS, and assign it to a user, I want an email sent to that user. Also if an existing bug has the "Assigned To" changed, I want that user to get an email. Is it possible to send Alerts to users when they're assigned changed bugs in TFS 2008? ...

Transition workflows of a work item's states

I am developing a windows app that performs some common TFS tasks using the 2010 Beta 2 API (like creating new team projects, new work items, selective build, etc. ). In the process of editing existing work items, I should be able to automatically set the 'Reason' field's values according to state change of the WI (mimic-ing Visual Stud...

Any tutorial/manual for TFS team explorer

I used to used git for version control and like the branch/stash feature. Now I am developing on VS2005 and using TFS for version control. Can anyone give me some website for TFS team explorer tutorial/manual? As least I want to find out how to branch. thanks! ...

Why not use TFS as a build / CI solution ?

Currently our build solution is set up using TFS + MS Build scripts. TFS is also being used as a CI server. I've seen several posts on this site telling people about other CI solutions. Are there any compelling options to move to another Solution for our build system? Or in other words what are we missing out on by using TFS? EDIT...

Source Control menu item missing in Visual Studio 2008 Team System

I just did a clean install of Visual Studio 2008 on a new machine and I don't see the File > Source Control menu option. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer Version 9.0.21022.8 is installed, and I have connected to my TFS server through the Team Explorer tab on the right. Any ideas? ...

problem with alert email in TFS and power tools

Hi I have a problem with TFS and email notifications. I can not receive any email from TFS server for work item tracking. I correctly have configured web.config in ...\Web Services\Services in TFS server. and I am useing power tools for alert. but when I set an alert to notify me for an item,any event haven't happened yet. I have checked...

Stop all checkins except merges?

I have this problem where I'm merging changes up into my integration branch but when I need to work on development I forget to switch back to the development branch. Are there any solutions out there available to help prevent me from editing the to Integration branch except while I'm merging in new code? In other words, I'd like either ...