migrating data from VSS to SVN
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visual-sourcesafe
Differences between 'Add web site/solution to source control...'
I have opened a website website hosted on my workstation in Visual Studio 2008 and saved it as solution. I now want to add this to source contol and I am being given the option to either 'Add solution to source control...' or 'Add web site to source control...'. This solution needs to be accessed, worked on and run locally by several ot...
Why don't files automatically get checked out from VSS when I edit them?
This is driving me crazy and has resulted in lost work (not much, at least). Normally, when I edit a file in Visual Studio, it's supposed to automatically check that file out in source safe. On multi-project solutions (e.g., web app with class libraries), sometimes none of the files in one project would automatically get checked out, th...
Why does my Volume Shadow Copy Service requester fail: cannot find CreateVssBackupComponentsInternal
I have implemented a VSS requester, and it links compiles and executes on Windows Server 2008, but does not execute on Windows Server 2003. Since my requester is inside a DLL, my DLL will not load. Using the Dependency Walker, I discovered that my DLL is finding VSSAPI.DLL just fine, but it reports: Error: At least one required implicit...
What is the limit of source repositories in Visual Source Safe 2005
We're thinking of using VSS for a simulation development project so we will have both code and a pretty sizeable number of binary files (possibly several GBs or larger). I've seen references on the web to VSS limits of around 4-5 GB but I can't find any definate specs. My first choices would be SVN or Perforce but the team has a few pe...
How to interact Visual Source Safe with Visual Studio 2005 ?
I use Visual Studio 2005 and I wanted to setup Visual Source Safe 8.0. I run the setup and It works properly I can access VSS administration tool and visual source safe via start menu. But, I can not see File / Source Safe menu in my Visual Studio 2005. Does anyone know how can I interact my visual source safe and visual studio ? SO...
How to safely use VSS when using a working directory on a thumb drive?
I know putting code into VSS in general is as safe as putting money into a mutual fund run by Bernard Madoff, but I don't have the luxury of ditching it for subversion. That said, I need to be able to write code on two machines, I'm considering checking out code to a flash thumb drive. Anyone know in advance what I should/shouldn't do ...
Combine DVCS with Visual Source Safe
I'm forced to use Visual Source Safe 2005 at work. I'd like to combine that with a DVCS, so that I can check in files locally without disrupting my co-workers if there's a bug or it doesn't compile. In my attempts with Mercurial, it works, but causes a few weird issues. Namely, it thinks someone else has checked out the files I have che...
Determine how a knot ball of vb6 dlls are tied together.
I'm a bit freaked out because I've been handed this knot ball of vb6 dlls. It appears the previous developer hard-coded connection strings in to the dlls. The developer quit almost two years ago and I don't have any documentation and I've got several different branches in a VSS database. Servers have move, passwords have been changed. ...
About SourceSafe licenses
Hi If I have license for VisualStudio 2005 and 2008 I have license for SourceSafe too ? or I need to buy it ? From where I can get One ? thank's in advance ...
Why doesn't SourceSafe respect the "Open this database next time..." option?
Using Visual SourceSafe's "Open SourceSafe Database..." command, there is an option at the bottom of the dialog to "Open this database next time I run Visual SourceSafe." Typically, when checking this box the most recent opened VSS DB is opened immediately upon launching VSS (even if it's a second instance of VSS running). I'm seeing t...
How to turn off 'silent' checkouts in VS2008/TFS
I am constantly noticing that I have files checked out for editing that I did not intend to. This cannot be a good thing. Can I have it prompt me? ...
How would you copy an ASP.Net project ?
Hi, I have a .Net web application that I want to take a copy of and create a new application that can be worked on independently of the first - i.e. I want to branch the codebase. What is the best way of going about this ? TIA, Tim. ...
How to force logout of all users on VSS?
VSS is resuming it's sabotage of my repository again. The repair command won't let me repair, the lock VSS doesn't seem to affect currently logged in users-- and it isn't a user, its claiming the only person logged in is admin (via the VSS admin tool!) and I have already closed all instances of the VSS admin tool and client. ...
What's the best way to migrate from SourceSafe to ClearCase?
We currently have a fat SourceSafe DB with ten years of code in it. We're looking for an easy and stable way to import all of this in to a new Clearcase/Jazz environment. What is the best best method of doing this and are there any tools out there to do this automagically? ...
Has anyone successfully migrated VSS 2005 over to SVN?
I've been playing around with SVN for the last little while and have come to love its power and user experience and that we can tie it into our bug tracking system to simplify everyone's lives. So it's come to the time that we've decided to migrate our VSS 2005 setup across to SVN and I am now coming unstuck. It seems there are a numbe...
Utility for removing SourceSafe bindings?
I'm looking for a utility that will remove SourceSafe bindings automatically given the location of the solution file. I found several mentions of this tool: http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/archive/2008/05/16/sourcesafe-binding-remover.aspx That looks like exactly what I need - deletes .scc files and modifies .sln and .*proj...
Need help with VSS 5.0 recursive diff command line
VSS 5.0 is installed on my C: drive at C:\DevStudio\Vss\Win32\ss.exe My project files are located on my D: drive at D:\WebSites\MyProject I opened a command window, changed the directory to C:\DevStudio\Vss\Win32 and ran the following command: ss diff -r "$/My Project/Web Site" D:\WebSites\MyProject It just says "D:\WebSites\MyProj...
TFS and keyword expansion
We've just moved some projects from Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and have now noticed that keyword expansion no longer works. For instance, keywords like $Log$ or $Header$ are no longer expanded to the correct values. Can anyone tell us why this is? ...
Can Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 be used for free?
Is Visual SourceSafe 2005 free to use in commercial development or does it require a license? ...