BUGBUG: poor title
Richard Berg's look at source control and life
I'm very pleased to announce that the wait is over. Today the first official update for SourceSafe...
Date: 12/11/2007
My post about VS 2008 and the SourceSafe CTP generated lots of questions. I'll do my best to answer...
Date: 12/03/2007
Just a quick note to let you know that I've updated the list again. To recap: you can get fixes...
Date: 11/19/2007
All tf.exe commands return one of these:public enum ExitCode { Unknown = -1, Success = 0,...
Date: 09/25/2007
When you run Get on a folder (aka project) in VSS Explorer, you're presented with these options: (if...
Date: 09/24/2007
Let's recap Items one more time. Items are unique. They have an ID that no other item does. Items...
Date: 09/15/2007
Last time we learned that the principle objects in the source control system are called Items, and a...
Date: 09/14/2007
One of the changes made between VSS 6.0 and 2005 was to replace ancient file dialogs with common...
Date: 09/11/2007
When I updated Buck's TFS macros for Outlook 2007, I neglected to demonstrate how they were...
Date: 09/11/2007
I've been on vacation the last two weeks, and was silent for several weeks before that. Lots of...
Date: 08/06/2007
I'm a big fan of the work Brian Harry has done to make our processes more transparent. Nevertheless,...
Date: 06/06/2007
When I upgraded to OL2007, Buck's great little macros stopped working. Today, I finally got the guts...
Date: 06/06/2007
We finally have a name. Last time I blogged about the future of SourceSafe, I had to constantly...
Date: 06/06/2007
Solution Explorer isn't working the way I expect. How do I fix it? In TFS, the answer is usually...
Date: 06/04/2007
Resolving merge conflicts is hard enough already. Which branch is "target," again? Unfortunately...
Date: 06/04/2007
Personally, I've never had a problem simply ignoring the features I don't need. Nevertheless, this...
Date: 05/10/2007
"I've written an app using IVSS. Why won't it start?" This question has come up a few times....
Date: 05/09/2007
Many of you have wondered aloud when VSS 2005 SP1 will finally arrive. I can't answer that yet,...
Date: 05/03/2007
Power users should be familiar with the great work Alin did during his time on the SourceSafe team....
Date: 05/02/2007
As promised, we finally have some guidance around structuring team projects. What can you do within...
Date: 05/01/2007
In their own words: Project DescriptionThis is a service based system with a front-end allowing the...
Date: 05/01/2007
It's finally here! Our first real guidance on branching & merging has been posted, on a Codeplex...
Date: 03/21/2007
I've noticed a lot of customer confusion around SP1. None of the information below is new -- anyone...
Date: 02/22/2007
A recent request: "I want to be able to add a label to all files that were modified/added/whatever...
Date: 02/21/2007
One thing that's missing from PowerShell is the ability to import foreign namespaces into the...
Date: 02/21/2007
I love it when participating in the community pays off. Barely a week later, we had a neat little...
Date: 02/01/2007
The rules for U.S. daylight savings time are changing in 2007. SourceSafe cares about time zones, so...
Date: 01/29/2007
I want to expand on the Microsoft support lifecycle policy I mentioned before. To reiterate, VSS...
Date: 01/26/2007
Amid all the furor over Whidbey SP1 and the forthcoming Vista GDR, there hasn't been any statement...
Date: 01/23/2007
I'm about to wipe my main work machine and install Vista RTM x64. Wish me luck. Sure, people @ MS...
Date: 12/15/2006
Moishe Lettvin has a great blog entry, an inside look at how a Vista feature ate thousands of...
Date: 12/01/2006
Anyone who reads the forums knows Martin Woodward is a great help to the TFS community. As it turns...
Date: 12/01/2006
As most SourceSafe users have probably discovered by now, TFS does not get the latest version of a...
Date: 11/29/2006
We use version control to store stuff. What stuff? A bunch of items, the most basic elements of...
Date: 11/03/2006
To summarize the goals laid out in my reintroduction, I want a chance to start my TFVC "story" from...
Date: 10/24/2006
On the Microsoft forums, that is...no, I didn't suddenly eclipse Raymond. As you probably haven't...
Date: 10/17/2006
I wonder how this will appear (in contrast to a 'post').
Date: 04/08/2005
A simply reply to a mundane problem over on Cyrus' blog turned into a broader opinion piece, and so...
Date: 04/07/2005