In TFS 2010 I have a project and I want to make only a local change to it and not check it in. I don't have edit privileges on the project. I tried removing the read only from the project but it will not work(will not allow me to edit). Is there an alternative ?
Once you have made your changes, if you really don't want to check them in, but, you want to preserve them, create a shelveset to store your changes. This way, you can undo your changes so you don't always have them checked out and then if someone else changes the project, you can get latest, and then unshelve your changes to see how they work with the new code.
You have to check out a file before you can edit it. Once you are done, just "Undo" that change (right-click and undo). If you're wanting to add a new file, it's the same thing. Add the file, then undo the change without checking in.
Remember, adding files is a "local" operation. They are marked as a pending add until you actually commit them to the server by checking in.
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Is there a way in TFS to edit files and then (maybe) merge them later without having to do a checkout? Basically edit then only touch source control when I decide to update to the server, not in advance.
Or has 5 years of Mercurial and Git just led to me getting confused about how TFS works and what I want is not possible and doesn't matter because "checkout" is not exclusive. (most likely option? :-) )
(I have been here but that does not solve my issue)
There are ways to cheat that, but there's no good reason to do so. When you check out code from TFS, you're getting a local copy to work with. When you check it back in, it creates a changeset, which is an atomic commit of your changes to the source code repository. If you don't want to check it in, and go off and do something else, you can create a shelveset, which can be named and unshelved whenever you're ready.
Similarly, if you use Gated check-ins, that process creates a shelveset automatically and sends that for a validation build. If it fails, you just make changes to your shelveset and try again. If it succeeds, it checks a changeset into the source repository. It helps prevent checking in breaking changes.
I'm working on a script to help us handle the changes done to our code without having to start Visual Studio.
So far I've been able to list the changes, add them and then check them in. My understanding is that once you run the "add" command, you'll add the changes to the version control, which will then be used once you decide to check them in, meaning that anything that hasn't been added, won't be checked in.
What I'm looking for is a way to remove the changes from this list to be checked in, evne after the add command has been used. Is that possible?
When you add files to version control, there will a list of pending changes. What you want is undo pending changes.
You need to use Undo Commands, which will discard one or more pending changes to files or folders.:
tf undo [/workspace:workspacename[;workspaceowner]]
[/recursive] itemspec [/noprompt] [/login:username,[password]]
[/collection:TeamProjectCollectionUrl]
I'm using TFS and VS 2012 and my project is in a broken state and I can't figure out why. I'd like to go back to a previous version of my solution when I know it worked and make changes on that working version. However, when I choose to check out a specific changeset, it seems to me like it's only changing the files that were changed in that changeset. When I use git and check out a revision, my code looks exactly like it did at that revision. Files that didn't yet exist at that revision are removed, files that did exist have contents as they were at that revision, etc. But I can't seem to do the same in TFS. I can't figure out how to get all of the files (and only the files) in the state that they existed when a particular changeset was checked in. Am I missing something? Any help REALLY appreciated.
Try using the Advanced option when you right click on a solution or folder in Source Control:
Then when the dialog appears, check both check boxes so the version you have is overwritten with the specific version you want by selecting Changeset from the ddl and entering the changeset you are after...
This should overwrite the existing solution files with the specific version.
If you have trouble doing it over top of existing files, delete the source on your local machine first and get the specific version after that.
A changeset is just the files checked in at one time, not a snapshot of the whole system. You want to use labels for that. A label will mark all the files in their present state, just as you describe Git doing.
Find the changeset you want and "Get This Version" to only get the changed files.
Manually check out each file for edit in Source Control Explorer to match the changeset.
Now the previous changeset's edits can be checked in.
NOTE: This is MUCH quicker than getting the entire repo using "Get Specific Version."
We are having problem with 'check in'. Is there any way to check in some changes in a file and leaving behind other changes.Because we want test some changes only. I know we can exclude some changed files for check in. But is there any way to exclude some changes in single file and check in other changes in same file??
No, TFS forces all changes in a file to be checked in at the same time. There is no way to check in "only some" changes for a given file. Git does have some support for this but it is complicated. If you decide to use Git, TFS has a tool called git-tf that allows you to integrate between the two systems.
TFS shows some pending changes under my name, but I have not changed anything. When I check in and see View Pending changes, I see some of the changes which I have never made, changes pending under some other user might be shown as my pending changes. When I unselect and check-in my changes, these are still locked under my name? Is this due to auto-checkout or any other reason? (TFS policy requires a compile before check-in)
This is probably due to the automatic checkout feature in TFS.
TFS uses an atomic check-in process and is very careful about recording who did what. When you start editing a file (or the IDE edits one on your behalf, for example a .csproj or .vbproj file) then the file will show up in your pending changes list to show you that you have the file checked out with an edit pending.
To see your pending changes list, go to View, Other Windows, Pending Changes in Visual Studio.
To check-in any pending changes you can right click on the file in solution explorer or you can select it in the pending changes view. Only then will the change be committed into version control. From the pending changes view you can compare with the server version to see what changes you have made.
To see the changes that have been committed to the server you can right click on a file or folder and select "View History".
If you want to remove the pending change and restore the file to what it was before you edited it you can right click on the file and select "Undo Pending Changes".
If you want to change the auto check-out behaviour to prompt you before it performs a check-out, then go to Tools, Options, Source Control, Environment and change the Checked-in items for Saving and Editing to "Prompt for check out" rather than the default which is "Check out automatically".
Hope that helps,
Martin.
I've had a similar issue; TFS still says I've got pending changes that when I compare declares as being identical. This post comes up with a way to prune out all the identical ones and to leave you with only the files that actually have changed.
The problem might have to do with different workspaces that you use or have used possibly on different computers. Check the workspaces that exist and see if the files are checked out anywhere else. Here the sidekick tool mentioned in a comment can help.