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Cause and effect
05 August 05 01:15 PM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

Recently, Keith Hill asked which version control commands require a checkin to complete. As Keith, Ed, and I delved into the topic, I realized this might be of broader general interest, too. Thanks to James for the assist on this one! As many of you know, Read More...

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Snip/Cut: Extracting and implanting data
26 July 05 02:00 PM | Adam Singer | 3 Comments   

To misquote Kermit the Frog, "Time's fun when you're catching flies and other bugs." It's been awhile, I suppose, but we've been busy writing new automated tests, verifying fixes, and generally Making Things Work (tm). In any case, something came to mind Read More...

Filed under: TFS Version Control

Working within the System
22 June 05 08:16 AM | Adam Singer | 0 Comments   

I've just heard that there's a chat in a little under three hours on " Learning Visual Studio Team System ". It should be a great opportunity to learn what's currently available as well as let us know what you'd like to see in Team System. Of course, Read More...

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Extra! Extra! Get the latest news!
14 June 05 09:05 AM | Adam Singer | 4 Comments   

Every now and again, some feature or other of our source control code strikes me in a "wow, that's smart" sort of way. For example, one feature of our "changeset" command I didn't know until fairly recently is the "/latest" option. If you don't know what Read More...

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Finding the [elided] in [elided] [elided]
09 June 05 04:03 PM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

A little bit back, Keith Hill posted in the TFS Forum about seeing "..." in Source Control Explorer's "Pending Change" and "User" columns. Why does this happen? What does it mean? Where can you find the missing information? Do you have to learn Morse Read More...

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/map marks the spot
10 May 05 01:42 PM | Adam Singer | 4 Comments   

Now that you've had a bit of time to play around with Beta 2, I'm curious what people think of the mapping and cloaking funcitonality of Team Foundation source control. Do you set up multiple maps? Have you cloaked anything? How do you think the average Read More...

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Workspace: the final frontier
05 May 05 03:55 PM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

We've been getting some feedback that the " workspace " concept isn't entirely clear. In my post on baselines , I briefly mentioned the concept of workspaces and would like to write a bit more on the subject to clear up any questions. If a system user Read More...

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Remapping in style
28 April 05 12:30 PM | Adam Singer | 5 Comments   

James introduced me to a neat trick recently with working folders. Oftentimes, I create a workspace and only want to map one team project to the local workspace root. Of course, I could use the UI, but that's not scriptable from a command file . I could Read More...

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Rounding the Baselines
19 April 05 03:54 PM | Adam Singer | 8 Comments   

Bruce from GrapeCity Inc. asks: When reading something about version control I learn a term "baseline". But in TF version control, I did not find it but a new term "workspace". I feel the two terms have similar meanings. Is my understanding right or not? Read More...

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Editorial privileges
15 April 05 12:15 PM | Adam Singer | 5 Comments   

A follow-up question from my most recent post - How often do you think you'll want to edit the comments and checkin notes of previously submitted changesets? Will you use it? Do you want to be able to edit other parts of the changeset (note that work Read More...

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Alice in changesets
12 April 05 05:47 PM | Adam Singer | 5 Comments   

In our last episode , we discussed the checkin process. Of course, checking in changes isn't the end of the process; it's really just a new beginning. Changesets represent discrete points in time and can be used refer to a specific state of the repository. Read More...

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Mmmm... tastes like checkin
03 March 05 04:42 PM | Adam Singer | 3 Comments   

I have a few further questions about your Team System usage for those of you playing around with the December CTP: How often do you check in changes? How many files are in each checkin on average? Did you import a large source tree when you started playing Read More...

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Welcome to the Hotel Team Foundation
25 February 05 06:37 PM | Adam Singer | 2 Comments   

So, this has been awhile coming. Let's blame that on the combination of 2 zillion screenshots and the lovely weather we've been having. You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave. Well, actually, you can only check in if the tree isn't Read More...

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Weapon of Choice
14 February 05 05:31 PM | Adam Singer | 8 Comments   

Here's yet another question for anyone out there using the December CTP. When you want to use version control, do you find you more often use the command line or the VS integrated client? Which would you rather use? Have you found anything lacking in Read More...

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The Changeset at the Pend of the Universe
27 January 05 11:37 AM | Adam Singer | 6 Comments   

Reading Jason ’s post on lock types got me thinking about the general concept of pending changes. While some users may already be familiar with the concept, not all other version control systems use similar models. For the uninitiated, here’s a bit of Read More...

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