Based upon customer feedback(both external and internal), we have made a number of improvements to the merging experience in Orcas. Below are some of the most significant changes: 1. I described how to handle namespace conflicts while merging in my...

In Orcas we have added an additional option to the branch command which gives the user a fast way to create a branch without having to download any of the files or get operations locally. The option is /silent and instructs the server to not send back...

Team Foundation Version Control provides an extensible check-in policy framework to configure and run validation rules before checking in source code. There are many posts that explain how to configure built-in policies as well as install custom ones...

Team Foundation Server utilizes a Proxy to improve performance by caching copies of source control files. The Proxy is situated in a remote location, local to the developer needing the files but away from the main server. The remote office is typically...

I thought I would talk about namespace conflicts while merging. A namespace conflict occurs when 2 items try to occupy the same slot in the tree. The main reasons for namespace conflicts during merge are: - Items with the same name are created in 2...

Brian Harry mentioned the new Destroy feature in his TFS roadmap post. I thought I would go into a little bit more detail on how destroy works in Orcas. Please do keep in mind that any of this might change / be removed before Orcas ships - so there are...

Labels are an interesting part of version control system. In version 1 of TFS Version Control, labels do not contain deleted items. Here's an example sequence of commands that shows this behavior: mkdir dir echo dir\a.cs > dir\a.cs echo dir...

Team Foundation Server provides an event notification mechanism via SOAP or email delivery. My post below discusses a SOAP subscription that uses just a TCP socket listener and does not require a web service implementation. This is convenient for client...

I thought I would give you an overview of the workspace mapping improvements which Brian Harry mentioned in his TFS roadmap post. Please do keep in mind that any of this might change / be removed before Orcas ships - so there are no guarantees. History...