tfs2012

In TFS 2012, there is a new mode for working locally, Local workspace . This is great news: No 'checking out' files No more read-only files and issues when working with files from programs other than VS. No more 'Get latest' not actually getting latest But it also means I'll need a way to tell TFS what files to ignore when monitoring the file system for changes. How is this handled in TFS2012? Found the answer myself, by mucking about in the TFS ui. The answer is that it is handled by the file '.tfignore' placed in the root of your branch. In 'Pending changes' there was a notification that I

Currently we use SVN for our source control. Because of the extra features and integration in the development environment we would like to migrate to TFS 2012. We have a lot of portals running that are build in asp.net. Within our portal we use a lot of standard components. Currently all portals use the same code base. This means that whenever we change something in the shared codebase it is (whenever a portal is published) automatically distributed. We are very used to this way of working and we know there is a risk of breaking code in other portals. Though, publishing changes in all other

Does TFS support local commits? In other words: Can I modify the code, make a local commit (without sharing these changes with others), test my modifications and if my changes didn't break anything, do a global commit (thereafter my changes are available to other developers) in TFS 2012? If it doesn't, are there any workarounds, which allow this functionality? No it doesn't support this, however it does have a couple of alternatives you can use instead. 1) Branches - All developers work on their own branch then merge to trunk/main when they're happy with their changes. 2) Shelveset -

When I follow instructions to find a shelveset , I'm given a list of all my personal shelvesets. But what I want is to view and unshelve from another user's selection. Other developers can simply change the user to whoever they want. No such option exists for me. I've told my TFS admin about this issue. The response I got was that "We haven’t locked anything down, you should be able to view others' shelvesets." Nevertheless, I can't see others' shelvesets. What could be causing this? What specific issue or permission(s) should the TFS admin check to confirm "we havn't locked anything down?"

In TFS (We are using 2012) why is the default to convert your source folder to a branch? I really don't consider the source a branch. What, if any, advantages/disadvantages does this have? I'm not sure what you mean by "I don't consider the source a branch" the source folder by definition becomes a branch as soon as you create a branch from it. The target folder is also a branch which is a child of the source branch. There are no disadvantages to enabling this. Regardless of whether you have this enabled or not the Source and Target will have a branching relationship and you will be able to

Seems like this should be something very simple, but I can't find how to do this... I made a changes to several files spread within a repo by using a script that I wrote. Problem is TFS in its infinite wisdom does not think the files have changed. Aside from manually finding each file and clicking "checkout for editing" is there any way to tell TFS to just rescan everything and detect changes? A Folder Compare (File->Source Control->Compare...) should do the trick. Select the top folder from where to start comparison, and select to compare with Latest Version. The result hould show files that

I am investigating using TFS 2012 as the Source Control provider for Matlab, on Windows 7. This requires installing the VS 2012 shell/TFS client, and the 64-bit MSSCCI provider available as free downloads from Microsoft. I've set all this up and it works OK. However, there is a problem with file differencing and merging. If I view differences from VS 2012 Source Control Explorer, the VS 2012 Diff tool runs correctly. If I try the same operation from within Matlab (using the Source Control menu) I get an error "Cannot Execute the Configured Tool". The same thing happens with the 'merge changes

Historically we have always had separate VSO Projects for each logical project undergoing development. This is particularly important as we need to have separate backlogs for each project. Each project has its own Product Owner. We have a team of around 10 developers who work between these projects over 2 week sprints. This setup has led to some serious issues when using VSO's Scrum tools: Multiple burndown, cumulative flow and velocity charts Split team member capacity during sprints This has made it very difficult to monitor work progress during sprints and to plan effectively for the next.

Currently I have to open Team Explorer and click on Source Control Explorer as below snapshot. I do this very often and need a hotkey for that. What is it then? Hoang Nguyen Try with below step: Go to Options of Tools menu Select the Keyboard from Environment Select View.TfsSourceControlExplorer from Show commands containing: . You can type View.TFS in the textbox to filter the list. Enter your hotkey in Press shorcut keys => click on Assign Hope it helps! sgryzko According to a comment that I found in the site that @Adarsh mentioned , Alt+V,E,S will open the Source Control Explorer . It's a