I'm writing a MEF extension for Visual Studio. It's a Classifier for a custom language. I need to get the current changeset for the file - I think from TFS.
If you right-click on the file and choose properties it says "latest version" - I believe this is the latest changeset associated with the file.
I'd like to create a TFS workspace, and then get the changeset number, but I'm stumped on how to figure out the current workspace mapping from the physical path of the file in the editor.
For example, if the file is "d:\workspace\solution\random_folder\junk.txt", how do I know where the workspace for the file is mapped in TFS?
Should I just map a workspace and then search for a file called "junk.txt"? What if there is more than 1 file in different sub directories.
Thanks for any help!
You can't put one workspace beneath an existing workspace, this can't be handled correctly.
To create an additional workspace open VS and go to SourceControlExplorer. In the menu is a dropdown for Workspaces, choose "Workspaces ..." and a new dialog will open. Press the "Add.." button to create a new workspace and there you can choose which ServerPath is mapped to which local path.
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Is there a way to create multiple workspace files for a single project? It seems counter-intuitive for each workspace to need a separate project file. Plus it'll make it super clear that only one project file is checked into git and all the .sublime-workspace files have been .gitignored.
In SublimeText3 you should be able to create new workspaces for the open project from the Project's menu or ctrl+shift+P and search for New workspace for project.
This will create a new window with the current project open. I can't determine if the existing .sublime-workspaces file actually stores both, but you are given the option of saving the current workspace and you can then name it accordingly.
As you accumulate workspaces you can quickly switch between them using the ctrl+alt+P to access the switch project dialog. It will list both recent sublime-workspaces and sublime-projects and I believe it is limited to only those which aren't currently open.
I moved some code from my c drive to my d drive. When I opened the solution, it told me that:
The solution appears to be under source control, but its binding
information cannot be found. Because it is not possible to recover
this missing information automatically, the projects whose bindings
are missing will be treated as not under source control.
So I tried permanently removing the bindings and downloaded the latest version. Now my changes don't register as pending changes.
I've tried selecting the solution in the Solution Explorer and File => Source Control => Change Source control, but it does not let me bind. Server Name and Server Binding columns have "".
Generally speaking, the location of code on your machine is dependent upon where your workspace is located.
If you move your workspace to the D: drive, then there shouldn't be an issue.
However, if you simply used Explorer to copy the files to the new location, then VS isn't going to be able to maintain the bindings.
From the Workspace Editor you can map the entire tree, solutions or even individual projects to a new location.
First off, put it back and undo the changes.
Then, Go to File | Source Control | Workspaces.
Click on the work space name and then the "Edit..." button.
In the working folders area select the source control folder you want to move and give it a new local folder location.
You will need to edit your Workspaces for TFS Server to know the change that has happened at your local machine. To edit your workspace, in Visual Studio:
ensure you have no pending changes; also copy your source code folder to some location temporarily, just to be safe (you can remove after you are all set)
go to Source Control Explorer
locate the "Workspace:" dropdown
select the item "Workspaces" from the dropdown list (you will get a dialog titled "Manage Workspaces"
if you have multiple Workspaces, select the appropriate one from the list in the dialog
click on "Edit" button (you will get an "Edit Workspace..." dialog)
down below in the dialog, you will see "Working folders" grid
click on appropriate row from the grid and modify the "Local folder" path to set to your new folder location
Sometimes TFS and Visual Studio have issues in getting these workspace changes synchronized. I would always close Visual Studio and re-launch it to get my changes synchronized anytime after I make Workspace related changes.
Hope this helps.
the most crude way here (I don't know if there is any other way)
is to put the folder back to its old location , Check in your changes
then remap the project to the new folder
When you move files/folders to make the moves pending changes you need to use a TFS client to do the moves.
For one or two files the Team Explorer UI is OK, for more the command line is easiest.
See tf.exe rename on MSDN (tf move is an alias for rename). There is also step by step help on using the GUI: Move, Rename, and Delete Version-Controlled Files and Folders.
I'd like to recreate a folder hierarchy like in this example (from TFS Branching Guide Main 2010 v1):
The problem is I cannot understand how to create additional root-level folders, like those Development and Release in the picture above, to put new child branches into. The New Folder command option becomes available only at levels beneath root-level branches.
How to create new root folders in a Team Project source control at the Main branch level?
Make sure that your workspace maps at the Team Project level ("StandardBranchPlan" in the picture). I just tried this, and found that "New Folder" does not appear if I have the wrong workspace selected, but once I select a workspace that maps the folder under which I want to create a new folder, "New Folder" became enabled.
Here is what I did.
Connect to the desired collection in Team Explorer.
Click the down arrow at the end of the "Connect" row.
From the drop-down menu provided select "Projects and My Teams".
Select "New Team Project".
And now you have a new "Directory" under the collection root.
You cannot add a folder to root in TFS to an unmapped as mentioned. However one good way to do this is with the following example.
Scenario:
You want to have a NEW Folder to contain many NEW Projects
Right click on your solution and Add solution to source control
At this point you can create a folder on root with say name of "WebServices"
Then you continue through with the popup in adding in your project/solution
For me this works fine, although I too would prefer the freedom to setup a folder structure ahead of time for myself and other developers without having to commit/check-in code etc.
Is there any way I can add an existing folder to source control in TFS? I have created a new folder outside of TFS, just in the file system, and would like to add it to source control, but the only apparent way to do this is the ridiculous workaround of renaming my new folder to a temp name, then creating the new folder in Source Control Explorer, then adding the items from my renamed, original new folder.
Just select the folder after selecting the "Add Items to Folder..." option. You can get to this is from the context menu you get when right clicking on a folder (either the name or the actual folder itself).
The next page of the wizard will present you with lists of included and excluded files. Select the files you want and then hit "Finish".
Then submit the pending changes.
Let me share you a easier way that I just figured out.
(I was having the same trouble, and that is why I found this post.)
Drag the folder you want to add to the solution explorer and drop at the place you want to add.
Ta Ta ! It is done.
Mine is VS2010.
Before dragging and dropping or selecting Add Items To Folder, you must map the parent TFS folder to your local drive.
That is, if you want to add a C:\Stuff\HelloWorld directory to the /Top/Projects folder in TFS, you must first map /Top/Projects to C:\Stuff and then add HelloWorld.
I created a folder in a TFS Project under workspace "CPortalWS". I deleted the workspace, but now I would like to delete the folder in the project and the delete option is not available.
I've tried to create a new workspace mapped to the project but I still don't get the option to delete.
Is this a bug in TFS? How can I delete the folder?
Any help would be appreciated.
Deleting a folder in TFS is a little strange.
You have to:
Create a Workspace
Get the latest source for the folder (to your local machine)
Inside Source Explorer, delete the folder
Check in your changes (this is the step that deletes the folder in Source Control)
only note that delete is not an actual delete.
the folders/files are still there and kept in Version Control, for example for Undelete scenarios.
You can see them and avail the undelete function if you go to "Tools > Options > Source Control > Visual Studio Team Foundation Server" and check "Show deleted items in the Source Control Explorer" and then right-click on one of the deleted folders.
so, if you want real delete, where the folder/files actually go away you need to use the Destroy Command which is only available from the command line, see link below
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386005.aspx
When you delete in TFS, it does not remove it from TFS. It maintains a copy of the deleted files, even when you check in the deletion. This can cause some issues.
To permanently delete from TFS, you need to issue a tfs destroy command.
To do this:
Open a Visual Studio Command Prompt.
Issue the following command: tf destroy $/SourceLocation/Folder. Where $/SourceLocation/Folder is the Source location of the deleted folder in TFS.
Please note: This command will also delete the file(s) from disk.
I had a similar issue, where I had 1 folder which despite being deleted from Hard drive, was still showing as in Source Control (with a green + by the folder). It also showed me the content but if I tried to open any, an error message informed me the file wasn't there.
Clicking on any folder didn't show the delete button. I then realised that selecting a file did! If you don't have a file, create a text file and add it to the folder you want to delete (via Source Control). Click this file, note the delete shows. Select a folder and note that the delete disappears but only after half a second. This small delay is actually usable.
I clicked the file, so the delete button is enabled and hovered the mouse above the delete button. Using the keyboard, I did a CTRL + A and as soon as all files and folders were selected I clicked left mouse button. And it worked! Everything was removed, including (and this is the odd thing) the parent folder.
Create a Workspace; and get latest on the base folder; Dont forget to cloak the relevant folders. If you are going to delete the subfolders then cloak all and get latest on the base folder. So you save a lot of time in pulling files.