TFS API: GetLocalWorkspaceInfo always returns null

Question

On one of my machines, I get a return value of null from any GetLocalWorkspaceInfo call. I have isolated to problem to where it even fails for this simple progr

Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but just like to share the workaround that we have, by using VersionControlServer.QueryWorkspaces to query all the workspaces for the user on his/her machine.

private static Workspace FindWorkspaceByPath(TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs, string workspacePath)
{ 
    VersionControlServer versionControl = tfs.GetService();

    WorkspaceInfo workspaceInfo = Workstation.Current.GetLocalWorkspaceInfo(workspacePath);

    if (workspaceInfo != null)
    {
        return versionControl.GetWorkspace(workspaceInfo);
    }

    // No Workspace found using method 1, try to query all workspaces the user has on this machine.
    Workspace[] workspaces = versionControl.QueryWorkspaces(null, Environment.UserName, Environment.MachineName);
    foreach (Workspace w in workspaces)
    {
        foreach (WorkingFolder f in w.Folders)
        {
            if (f.LocalItem.Equals(workspacePath))
            {
                return w;
            }
        }
    }

    throw new Exception(String.Format("TFS Workspace cannot be determined for {0}.", workspacePath));
}