February 2006 - Posts
Alright – let’s wrap this thing up. We’ve seen the algorithm for discovering merge history and written seen how to call QueryMerges and GetBranchHistory to determine merge contributors. This all works fine until a rename or delete is involved. Deleted
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Another in a series of working with merge history using the TFS client API. Last time I discussed a simple framework for describing merge history. This time we'll walk through calling QueryMerges to reveal the source item of a merge.
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Previously I talked about how to find the contributor to a merge (e.g. the source item of a merge operation). This information is all on the server however (in my opinion) it is not presented to the user in the most obvious form. In this post I’ll walk
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Following the merge (or integration) history in TFS was a bit more difficult than I expected. This blog post describes the steps you can take to figure out the source item of a merge by using the "branches" and "merges" commands.
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There are many barriers to change when evaluating a new version control system. I would like to spend some time discussing the concerns around migrating to a new system and look at some ideas to help lower the barriers to adoption.
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