visual-sourcesafe

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, though exiting & reloading visual studio may fix that problem temporarily. Furthermore, project files are never automatically checked out. Whenever I add/remove code files, I have to remember to explicitly check out the project file as well (otherwise we'll have

I have a need to sync up with a legacy source control which is using VSS. I cannot find any documentation on how to get/enable VSS in Visual Studio 2015 Professional (from MSDN license). I have looked at the dropdown in the Source Control menu, under Tools -> Options, and the only plugins that exist there are Microsoft Git Provider, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, and None. FYI - I found this: http://www.dynamsoft.com/blog/version-control-how-to/how-to-connect-visual-studio-2013-to-visual-sourcesafe/ Seems this is a viable solution (although it is only a 30 day trial). Will mark as answer

I have a module that I want to keep up to date, and I'm wondering if this is a bad idea: Have a module (mod1.py) in the site-packages directory that copies a different module from some other location into the site-packages directory, and then imports * from that module. import shutil from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib p_source = r'\\SourceSafeServer\mod1_current.py' p_local = get_python_lib() + r'\mod1_current.py' shutil.copyfile(p_source, p_local) from mod1_current import * Now I can do this in any module, and it will always be the latest version: from mod1 import function1 This

I'm researching a potential move from SourceSafe to Subversion and we are struggling with the edit/merge/commit vs. checkout/update/checkin paradigm. The primary concern is how do you know which files are checked out with Subversion (and to whom)? Is there a Subversion equivalent to "Status Search" in VSS? Or is it not possible because of the lack of "reserved checkout"? Also, if we do try and implement "reserved checkouts" with Subversion via "locks", is there a GUI (TortoiseSVN, VirtualSVN, etc.) that supports "lock on checkout"? Thanks. Update: Example, before we do a build/release we want

At work, we are using ASP.net 2.0 and VSS. VSS is a beast, we are continually having issues with people checking out files and there is no branching - makes it crazy. I know SVN/GIT is mainly used by open source developers, are there any downsides to ASP.NET developers using it? I have been pushing for SVN internally, but am thinking GIT might also be a great option. Our team is spread across 3 continents. I've used Subversion in a corporate setting before with great success. I haven't personally used Git in a corporate environment, but with distributed offices it sounds like a good fit.

Currently my team uses Visual Sourcesafe, and being very familiar with how horrible the GUI is first hand and having heard the internet mummer about how unreliable it is, I've been trying to push a move to SVN. Today I was talking to manager about the eventual move, which he supports, and he asked if it was possible to create sourcesafe style links in SVN. Links, for people not familiar with sourcesafe, work the same conceptually as file links under Linux. We use them to link shared code/libraries between projects. I explained that there was no way to create links using SVN, and he brought up

I'm trying to fix up my Visual Source Safe bindings for a project I have and when I select the location I believe a project should be bound to, i get a dialog that says: The folder you chose is not a valid binding root for the projects you have selected. You attempted to retarget a solution to a source control folder that is not within the solution's root. In the change source control dialog box, specify the root for the solution. Select the folder 5 levels higher in the tree to chagne the source control bindings correctly. What on earth does that mean? There are no folders 5 levels higher. I