Team Foundation Server How to Edit file without checking it out

Question

i'm working with TFS and i need to edit file localy without checking it out . another case if some one checked in the file and i need to change my locally copy.

what should I do ? in Visual source safe we can do that by removing the read only check on the file.

thanks,

Answer 1

Just unset the read-only flag on the file locally.

You may have some issues later when try to do a "Get Latest" operation, which will warn you about a locally writeable file.

Answer 2

Well.. You can certainly unmark the file as read only and edit it in something other than visual studio. Or, you can still use visual studio, but not edit it when the solution it's a part of is opened..

Quite frankly, I'd look into other options with regards to why 1. that file needs to be in source control. 2. If it does need to be in source control, why does your copy need to be different.