TFS 2008: Command line help for tf.exe now prints to the console
In TFS 2005 running help from tf.exe popped up the MSDN help browser. That was a bit lame, but we didn't allocate the time to do it right. That's been fixed in TFS 2008.
Running tf.exe /? produces a list of commands, and tf someCommand /? produces detailed help on that command.
Here are a couple of examples. These two commands are also new in TFS 2008.
D:\>tf destroy /?
TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Destroys, or permanently deletes, version-controlled items from Team
Foundation version control.
tf destroy [/keephistory] itemspec1 [;versionspec]
[itemspec2...itemspecN] [/stopat:versionspec] [/preview]
[/startcleanup] [/noprompt]
Versionspec:
Date/Time Dmm/dd/yyyy
or any .Net Framework-supported format
or any of the date formats of the local machine
Changeset number Cnnnnnn
Label Llabelname
Latest version T
Workspace Wworkspacename;workspaceowner
D:\>tf folderdiff /?
TF - Team Foundation Version Control Tool
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Displays a visual representation of the differences between files in two server
folders, in a server folder and a local folder, or in two local folders.
tf folderdiff [sourcePath] targetPath [/recursive] [/noprompt]
[/server:serverName:port] [/filter:filter]
[/filterLocalPathsOnly]
[/view:same,different,sourceOnly,targetOnly]
