I am working on a Visual Studio 2008 project that is already added to TFS server. I am not sure which settings and policies have been configured for the TFS (this is done by a separate dept, not developers) Every time I make an edit to a code file , the file is checked out automatically (without explicitly checking out the code file mys...
What's the easiest way to checkout a file from our TFS with MSBUILD. From what I can see it's to shell out to TF.EXE and manually call the checkout command. Is there really no built in command?! ...
When creating a new build in Team Foundation Server, I get the following error when attempting to run the new build: The path C:\Build\ProductReleases\FullBuildv5.4.2x\Sources is already mapped to workspace BuildServer_23. I am unable to see a workspace by that name in the workspaces dialog. ...
I am mostly use to using Subversion for my source control. However, my current position has me using TFS. The UI of the TFS explorer and its integration with Visual Studio has me a little disoriented. I miss having tools like SmartSVN where I could see at a glance what I've modified and is pending checkin. What tool sets do you recommen...
If I've created a label in TFS, assigning it to several files, my coworkers cannot change the versions of files (nor add other files) to that label. We get this error: TF14077: The owner of a label cannot be changed. Researching the problem, I found this article, which states: It is possible that a user could be allowed to manip...
When you are monitoring the TFS build from Visual Studio (2008 or 2005), you can see where it is up to. The issue is that I have some Post-Build custom steps I would like the developer to be able to see directly throught the UI. Those steps take some times and we can also get a "timing" of the build step. Any idea how to have it displa...
I have an issue with Visual Studio 2005 w/ TFS where, from time to time, the Solution Explorer will stop responding to interaction. Instead it does the beep, like I'm trying to click on a parent window with a modal dialog visible, but there isn't one. The only thing I've found to do so far, is to restart VS, but that's kind of a pain b...
In our environment we have a Lib folder which contains various third party assemblies referenced by our projects. For example, Enterprise Libary and Elmah. Sometimes a dev doesn't do a get latest on that folder. When the dev then loads a project which can't find the assembly in the expected folder, Visual Studio automatically locates ...
My workplace is planning on moving to Team Foundation Server and it's not a moment too soon - anything to get away from the cancer that is Visual SourceSafe. However, I must ask - is the source control in TFS significantly different (and better) than VSS or is it just a "beefed up" version of the same thing? I ask this now since this ...
My understanding of a baseless merge in TFS was that it was a one-time deal, and merges afterwards could be made without having to be baseless: from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bd6dxhfy(VS.80).aspx /baseless - Performs a merge without a basis version. That is, allows the user to merge files and folders that do not have a...
I added a project to an existing solution that is currently under source control using TFS, but for some reason I cannot check in the new project. When I view my pending changes, none of the files in the new project show up. None of the files have a plus (for a new file) next to them. What did I do wrong? How do I fix it? It's time ...
For personal projects I use Git for SCM, but at work we use TFS. One thing that I like about Git is that it allows a person to easily squash all the changes made in a branch when pulling the changes back into the master branch. The benefit of this is that if their is anything wrong with the changes they can easily be removed be reverti...
In Team Foundation Server is there a way to have work items in one project linked to other projects so they show up in the reports in both. We are thinking about keeping release engineering items in their own project and want them linked to the project they are actaully for as well. Is this possible? So for instance I would create the it...
Hi, So is it a certified answer that you can't install Team foundation on windows 2008 64-bit? Update Is it better just do install it on windows 2003 or 2008? ...
I have a project with literally thousands of image files that aren't being used. The main problem is that they are intermixed with images that are. Is there a way to get a list of all project artifacts which aren't referenced? EDIT: Assuming I don't have access to the web logs... Is there an option? ...
At work I use something called team foundations services. It's a source saving tool that stores change sets of code I "check in". Is there a similar product that's good for a single programmer. Something I could use at home. Easy to set up and use is a must. Free is a plus but I'd of course pay for one. edit I suppose I should hav...
Hi On our TFS source control server, a lot of source files are checked out by people, which are not employed any more. Is there a central way where I can undo check out on all files in TFS? I'm not even sure that they exists in Active Directory anymore. ...
Does anybody know if there is an SVN:externals property equivalent in TFS2005? Definition of an SVN External property Sometimes it is useful to construct a working copy that is made out of a number of different checkouts. For example, you may want different subdirectories to come from different locations in a repository, or perhaps fro...
One of my co-workers has resigned and was made to leave the premises before checking in all of his code to TFS. I have access to the physical files. Is there a way for me to access his workspace and check in some of the changes that are still left unchecked in? From tfs I can see which files he has checked out but no way of seeing the ex...
Is there anything that has features of TFS(Like Source Control, Debug, Testing,...) that we can use in a workgroup with a small team(say 1-6 persons)? BTW: we are using VS 2008 Team Suit ...