In my company, we are using Team Server Foundation 2010.
Last week when I was checking out some ssrs (sql server reporting services 2010) files, I obtained the correct files from TFS. I could see that the files were still connected to TFS.
However, I think there was a time last week where there was a message saying that I was working offline.
Now when I obtained the most current code from TFS, I do get the correct code. However I do not see that the code is connected to TFS any longer. Basically when using Source Control Explorer, I do not see that this code is linked to TFS
Thus I would like to know how to get my code back to accessed in TFS 2010?
Do you see the same problem with all files in TFS or only specific set of files?
Do you see this problem in only one workspace or in all workspaces on a single machine? Or does it affect all users?
What does it mean that files are not linked to TFS, can you post a screenshot?
TFS 2010 was quite weak story for offline and it worked only for solutions (as visible in Solution Explorer). Source Control Explorer always required connection to TFS
I'm also confuse about “files are not linked to TFS”you describle ,can you post a screenshot.
Simply offline mode means TFS 2010 goes offline (disconnect the connectivity properly between your local machine and TFS 2010 server) while your solution is already open though VS 2010.If you checkout files while you are in offline mode, then TFS 2010 source controls system doesn’t record or track any changes you made. But when you reconnect TFS server, the server will get you changes in pengding changes, then you can check in manually.
To get your solution back online to TFS you can try this solution:right-click on the solution name right at the top of the Solution Explorer and select the Go Online option.
More detail: How do I get my solution in Visual Studio back online in TFS?
You need to use the "go online" command to re-sync:
Cannot see go online option in tfs
Note: TFS 2010 is no longer supported and you should upgrade soonest
This question is about Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server ( TFS ). Im a novice with TFS and got a bit confused over a thing.
If I have connected to a TFS-project through VS and have all the code in VS. If I start editing a file I see a message like "foo.cs has been automatically checked out for editing." Does other people in the project see that? I just want to test things locally and dont want to affect other people in the project.
I am also a bit confused about that it says that is " has been automatically checked out for editing". I mean I already see the code in VS so I thought I had already checked it out.
I am used to work with SVN and haven't really worked with TFS before but in SVN you have to check out the code to be able to see it in your IDE of choice.
Yes, other people will see that you checked out the file. They will still be able to edit it. There is a setting in Tool -> Options -> Version Control not to check out files automatically.
I'm currently working on .Net projects that are using either Git or Mercurial (Hg) source controls. I use Visual Studio 2010 for all of these projects. As I often have to switch source control providers I was wondering if there's a quick way to do this, so I don't have to go Tools -> Options -> Source Control once an hour.
A much better solution would be if Visual Studio would recognize which source control provider it needs or maybe remember which provider was used for a certain project. Can that be done?
With a nudge in the right direction I managed to handle this problem even better then expected - no switching necessary.
For Mercurial solutions I use VisualHG and for Git I use Git Source Control Provider. I also installed HgSccPackage. Now I don't really know how or why this works, but I've got GitSCC selected as the Source Control Provider in the settings, but when I load a Mercurial project VisualHG takes over. All I have to do is set the SCC to VisualHG the first time I open the project, close the project, change back to GitSCC and when the project is reloaded VisualHG will be used for it.
Interestingly it does not work without HgSccPackage installed. If someone can explain this, please do.
Note that it does not seem to work the other way round.
I use Git in combination with VS 2010 by keeping a commandline screen open. I do my work in Visual Studio and when I'm ready to make a commit, I switch to the commandline screen.
If you do this, you can use Git and Mercurial side by side in combination with VS 2010.
A colleague and I are working on the same area of code using Visual Studio 2008 and TFS 2005 on the server.
When we both edit the same file concurrently and I check it in first, TFS does not recognise this when he either gets latest version or checks in, meaning his or my changes get overwritten without a painstaking manual merge.
This only seems to be a problem for him.
Any ideas what the problem might be or how we can fix it?
We removed and recreated the workspace and that fixed it. Job done.
Our TFS server has some temporary connectivity issues right now, and as such VS has gone unresponsive, leaving 50+ developers unable to work!
Is it possible to switch TFS into an offline mode in the event of such an issue?
See this reference for information on how to bind/unbind your solution or project from source control. NOTE: this doesn't apply if you are using GIT and may not apply to versions later than VS2008.
Quoting from the reference:
To disconnect a solution or project
from source control
In Visual Studio, open Solution
Explorer and select the item(s) to
disconnect.
On the File menu, click Source
Control, then Change Source Control.
In the Change Source Control dialog
box, click Disconnect.
Click OK.
The 'Go Offline' extension adds a button to the Source Control menu.
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/6e54271c-2c4e-4911-a1b4-a65a588ae138
plundberg: The "disconnect" button is only available for the TFS provider starting in VS 2008. Even then, I'm not sure if it's officially supported. The recommended way to use the Go Offline feature is to [re]open the solution.
Martin Pritchard: if you get stuck mid-operation, you can force VS to timeout by pulling the network plug (literally) or running ipconfig /release.
Once you're marked offline, here's a step by step guide to working in that mode: http://teamfoundation.blogspot.com/2007/12/offline-and-back-again-in-vs2008.html
More detailed info on tweaking the behind-the-scenes behavior:
http://blogs.msdn.com/benryan/archive/2007/12/12/when-and-how-does-my-solution-go-offline.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/benryan/archive/2007/12/12/how-to-make-tfs-offline-strictly-solution-based.aspx
There are couple of little visual studio extensions for this purpose:
For VS2010 & TFS 2010, try this
For VS2012 & TFS 2010, use this
In case of TFS 2012, looks like there is no need for 'Go offline' extensions. I read something about a new feature called local workspace for the similar purpose.
Alternatively I had good success with Git-TF. All the goodness of git and when you are ready, you can push it to TFS.
Depending on which tool windows you have open, VS may or may not try to hit the team server automatically when it starts up.
For best results try this:
Close all instances of visual studio
Open an empty visual studio (no project/solution)
See which windows are opened by default, if source control explorer or team explorer or any other windows that use team are opened (and activated) by default, close them or switch them to a background tab.
Close visual studio
You should notice now that you can start visual studio without it trying to hit the TFS server.
I know its just an aside to your problem, but I hope you find this helpful!
If you have a solution open, and TFS is down, you might have trouble going into offline mode. If you close and reopen your solution, a nice little dialog will appear asking you if you want to Go Offline.
Alternatively if you don't want to close/reopen the solution, (as suggested by Bernie) you can install the TFS Go-Offline plugin, then click:
TEAM -> Go Offline
Simply, change the root folder name for your solution in your local machine, it will disconnect automatically.
I just wanted to include a link to a resolution to an issue I was having with VS2008 and TFS08.
I accidently opened my solution without being connected to my network and was not able to get it "back the way it was" and had to rebind every time I openned.
I found the solution here;
http://www.fkollmann.de/v2/post/Visual-Studio-2008-refuses-to-bind-to-TFS-or-to-open-solution-source-controlled.aspx
Basically, you need to open the "Connect to Team Foundation Server" and then "Servers..." once there, Delete/Remove your server and re-add it. This fixed my issue.
If the code has already been checked out by the user that if offline and they have the latest version on their local hd, then they just need to browse to the solution location and open the solution by double clicking sln file. The solution will open in disconnected mode.