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Released: Visual Studio .NET SCC Plugin for gotdotnet Workspaces
As Peter Bromberg notes, we recently released an updated source control plug-in* for gotdotnet Workspaces that enables you to work on projects stored in gotdotnet (check in, check out, and other source control operations) from the comfort of your very Read More...
Posted 29 December 05 10:36 by KorbyP | 8 Comments   
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TechEd Europe: Dev 466 Team Foundation Source Control
I'm blogging to you live from the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands where Ashwin Karuhatty and Brian Randall are introducing European developers and IT professionals to Visual Studio Team Foundation version control (or source control, if you Read More...
Posted 08 July 05 01:15 by KorbyP | 7 Comments   
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'Change Source Control' Menu Disappears in Visual Studio
A reader recently emailed me the following issue/question: "I recently installed the VS 2005 December CTP on a machine that also has VS 2003 installed. I uninstalled the CTP today and now my VS2003 'change source control' menu choice (from the file menu) Read More...
Posted 21 February 05 12:28 by KorbyP | 25 Comments   
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Source Control, GotDotNet, VS.NET, and Dream Job #3
Tone Engel reports that, "Joined the FlexWiki GotDotNet group last night for source code access which is provided through a custom source code control provider that integrates with Visual Studio."* I am an avid FlexWiki and GotDotNet user/contributor Read More...
Posted 21 February 05 11:56 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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VSS vs. Team Foundation Version Control | Checkout Behavior
"Unexpected Get" was the subject of a very interesting email thread that passed through my Outlook Inbox today. I mentioned the issue it raises in a previous post: Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Checking Out . Basically, VSS and Team Foundation perform Read More...
Posted 04 November 04 04:54 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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Team Foundation vs. SourceSafe | Cloaking
Klingons and Romulans everywhere will bristle with pride when they learn that cloaking has survived the conceptual port from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation. Cloaking is a vital feature in VSS as it speeds up expensive Get operations and conserves Read More...
Posted 25 October 04 10:55 by KorbyP | 14 Comments   
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SQL ScriptSafe
Has anyone out there used SQL ScriptSafe ? If so, did it meet your needs? Have you used similar tools ? How does it compare? Read More...
Posted 17 June 04 11:25 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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Pin: the “Share my greatest, not my latest” Feature in VSS
If you code like me, your latest version of a file or project is almost never your greatest. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just mark a version of a file or changeset as “use this one!” so that your teammates would stop bugging you Read More...
Posted 21 May 04 01:17 by KorbyP | 5 Comments   
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My Blog Year in Review
It is often said that weblogging really took off on the day when you started blogging...or when I started blogging, as the case may be. This adage reminds me of a question that all Microsoft employees are asked on their first day of work. Q: What is the Read More...
Posted 20 May 04 05:55 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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VSS and WinDBG ++ Together at Last
Are you a hardcore debugger: a kernel-mode, device driver-writin' stud? Do you avoid chrome-plated GUI and your mouse at all costs? If so, you can stop right now. This post isn't exactly for you. At the other end of the spectrum, if you're one of the Read More...
Posted 08 April 04 11:38 by KorbyP | 19 Comments   
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RSS for Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
In a recent email exchange between me, my dev lead, PM, and one of the developers on the SourceSafe team, I suggested that a KB article would be the most appropriate documentation delivery channel for a minor technical issue we were discussing. Since Read More...
Posted 11 March 04 09:58 by KorbyP | 7 Comments   
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Using "Relevant_Masks" to Add Files to VSS Selectively
A reader who must have seen my previous post about how to deploy files selectively using wildcards writes, “ I am adding some legacy asp applications into VSS ... some [are] flash files (*.fla, *.swf) and I would like to exclude them from the solution Read More...
Posted 05 March 04 11:03 by KorbyP | 0 Comments   
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Is SourceSafe for Newbies?
This is one of the most common common questions I see and I've always intended to create a polished, scenario-driven, reusable answer for my FAQ library. Here's a first stab. If you've seen better, please provide links. Ideas for how I can improve this? Read More...
Posted 26 February 04 11:56 by KorbyP | 18 Comments   
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Create your own VSS explorer using IVSS
As a percentage of the general population, I don't suspect too many of you will find this very helpful but you can download a Visual Studio .NET 2002 (upgradable to 2003) solution, ' IVSS Sample' (SourceSafe API) that demonstrates how to build a custom Read More...
Posted 12 February 04 04:28 by KorbyP | 12 Comments   
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How To: Diff/Compare Two Labels in Visual SourceSafe
This batch script creates a text file containing the differences between two labels of a SourceSafe project and all of its sub-projects. It was originally posted to microsoft.public.visualsourcesafe by Weston Morris.  Thanks Weston! @ECHO Read More...
Posted 28 October 03 07:54 by KorbyP | 6 Comments   
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