Improved VSS Converter available with TFS SP1
A while back I blogged about the upcoming release of the VSS Converter tool. Back in August, the SP1 release went live, and it is available for download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9E40A5B6-DA41-43A2-A06D-3CEE196BFE3D&displaylang=en
Some of the key features of the release include:
- Elimination of namespace conflicts. I previously blogged about this as "the rename problem" and we have fixed the converter to correctly migrate files with overlapping namespaces. This was the biggest pain point for most users trying to use previous versions of the tool.
- Automatic solution rebinding. In this latest version, VS solution files will be automatically upgraded to the 9.0 version and checked back in to version control. Previously users were required to do this manually.
- Correcting of timestamp inconsistencies. The use of client timestamps by VSS can lead to revisions being recorded in the opposite order that they actually occurred in. The tool now recognizes this issue and continues migrating changes where it would previously fail.
- Improved logging. Although we've fixed a lot of issues, providing better, more detailed logging will help users that do run into issues diagnose the problems.
If you do run into any issues when using the tool, be sure to let us know through Connect or the MSDN forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=478&SiteID=1
Matt
