TFS: Search for a file by name in source control

Question

I can\'t find a file in our source control of the TFS because it\'s simply a big mess. So I want to know if there is a way to search for files by their name?

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Answer 1

If you have created a workspace on your local, then you can search a file in your local to get the path.

Answer 2

If you are using Visual Studio 2010

• Right click on your collection or team project
• Select 'Find in source control'
• Then select 'status' or 'wildcard'
• You can search for your files there

The following will list all the items in your repository without checking them out

tf Dir command

tf dir /recursive $/

you can pass in the item you are searching for also e.g.

tf dir /recursive $/*.cs

gets all the .cs files in all team projects

Note: depending on how big your source is, this could take sometime.

Answer 3

If you're using Azure DevOps you can open the Azure Repos section in Azure DevOps for your project. There is a search input on this screen that allows you to search your code. You can find out more in Microsoft's documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/project/search/code-search?view=azure-devops

Answer 4

Combining WebPlanet's answer and this https://devatheart.com/2010/10/24/searching-for-a-file-in-team-foundation-server/

I got the following to work when searching for a .rdl file on my TFS server.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe" dir "$/*.rdl" /recursive /server:http://yourTFSserver

• In my case tfs.exe was in the VS 2017 location.
• http://yourTFSserver should be the path to the TFS server's web interface (including any port and path)