I'm using subversion and Visual Studio 2008 (and Tortoise)
I've got a number of folders in visual studio projects that I want to rename.
Whenever I've tried this in the past I've ended up with conflicts and had to create my new folder, copy all the existing content in to it, check it in and delete the old folder.
Has anyone come across a more straightforward way to do this, or have a set reliable process for renaming folders in Visual studio and Subversion?
thanks in advance,
Chris.
TortoiseSVN has a feature to help with moves and renames performed outside SVN, after the fact.
Rename the folder as you would normally. Then right-click the root folder and select TortoiseSVN -> Check for modifications. In that list you'll see "oldfoldername missing" and "newfoldername unversioned". Ctrl-click on both of them, then right-click and select "repair move".
This way, you can rename folders and files with the benefit of VS's refactoring tools, but without messing up SVN.
There are two solutions. The first one:
You right click on the folder in in Visual Studio, and pick "Exclude from project"
You rename the directory with Subversion / TortoiseSVN / whatever (of course, you have to rename the folder with the rename command of a subversion client, otherwise you will end up in trouble)
You add the folder to the in Visual Studio project again
Second approach: You download some SVN plugin for Visual Studio such as VisualSVN or AnkhSVN and use them to rename the folder safely in Visual Studio.
Tortoise SVN has a rename feature built right in. Right click the folder, click Tortoise SVN, click Rename. You'll of course have to check in your change.
Using VisualSVN, I can just change the folder name in Visual Studio.
Without it, I have to remove the folders from the project in VS, SVN Rename the folders via Tortoise, and then readd the newly renamed folders to the VS project.
Using TortoiseSVN right-click on folder you want to move and while holding button down drag to new location. TortoiseSVN will then show you a menu with options....that should do it :-)
Cheers
Mike
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Why visual studio shows folders this way ?
The first app_data shows nothing...it is totally useless but i'm afraid to delete it....
Any idea ?
You activated an option for a project to show files and folders which are within your project folder but not included in the project yet. If you activate this option you can manually add existing files/folders to the project by right clicking said files.
My Visual Studio 2013 solution has a project "Test". I can rename it in solution explorer, but I also want to rename the project folder in disk and also reflect the change in Source Control(TFS). How can I easily do this?
Thank you
#CodeCaster, Thank you. Based on your advice, I have done some quick experiment, and worked it out. First step is rename the folder name in TFS; the new folder will appear in local workspace and all contents of the folder moved to this new folder. The old folder stays there with rest content which not belong to source control. You can delete it manually.
Or
Using TFS Power Tools to rename from Explorer.
I followed those steps to preserve the version history of the files inside of TFS:
Rename/move project file (.csproj) in source control explorer in VS (alternatively, this also works from within VS Solution explorer, simply select "rename")
Rename/move project folder in source control explorer in VS
now the project should be unavailable in VS, solution also gets closed
remove project from VS
add project (new path) to VS
fix project references in other projects
adjust namespaces if desired
adjust assembly name and default namespace in project settings
Don't know of an easier way. Was searching for this myself, and this should be the way to go.
I think you can rename it from the TFS Database.
Try going into tbl_Project of the Tfs_DefaultCollection Database, which you can find on the SQL Server Instance used by tfs. You can know which one is that by going into the TFS Console, click on Application Tier, then find the details of the Server under the Data Tier Summary. Run an update query against the project you want to rename.. I haven't tested this but just assuming it should work (some educated guess)..
I am using TFS 2015 Express and rename project is grayed out.
You can still rename the project using the TFS Site for the project.
Here is a link that shows how to do it.
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/setup-admin/rename-team-project
I was facing a similar issue while trying to rename a folder in Visual Studio 2015.This is what I tried.
Right click on the project file
Open with Notepad
This will generate your current solution file
Change the occurences of your prev file name. (Find and Replace with the desired name)
Save it and close
Change solution explorer name and rename the folder to your desired name.
This should work.
I tried accomplishing this using tortoise, but failed and reverted to my prior commit (How can I un-quagmirize my rearranged project?)
How can I add subfolders to my project and have them be recognized by Visual Studio AND Subversion?
Simply adding folders in Solution Explorer and dragging-and-dropping the files in Windows Explorer did not work.
It seems I can either add the files to the subfolders in Windows Explorer, but not have that rearrangement of file location recognized in Visual Studio's Solution Explorer, OR I can drag-and-drop the files within Visual Studio's Solution Explorer to the new subfolders, but that relocation is not recognized in Windows Explorer.
I HAVE re-added the subfolders within Visual Studio (I figure that can't break anything, while they are empty, anyway). Would right-clicking a file and selecting Refactor | Move be an accepted way to get this to work (I reckon the Refactor context menu item comes from Resharper, but possibly it's a VS "thing").
If at least one file is into a directory and this file was added via AnkhSVN (Subversion > Add), the directory will be automatically added as well.
If the directory is empty, even if the directory is included in the solution, the Add command via AnkhSVN will not work. This is a weird behaviour you can workaround using another SVN Client like TortoiseSVN.
Does anyone have a way to add multiple folders and (existing) files within those folders to a Visual Studio project in a single step (or via macro)? Let's assume all of the folders and files were copied/pasted into the project folder where they need to reside relative to the project folder, but are not actually stored in the .csproj or .vbproj file, which I believe is a requirement to compile those files into the solution/project.
This works great if you have a web application project in your solution, but not so well if you have a .csproj or .vbproj. In that case, you must manually add folders (and nested folders), and add existing files and browse to each one individually, which can take a long time.
In the solution explorer, select the project, click the "Show All Files" button - .
This will show all the files, even those not part of the project. You can now select all of these in the solution explorer (using Ctrl + Click) then right click and go to "Include In Project".
In Visual Studio 2013 (and possibly earlier) you drag the folder from windows explorer and drop it on the project in the solution explorer.
Other answer given in this thread wouldn't work for me as the files I want to add (DTSX files) are in a different folder, and copying/moving them causes other problems. Here is what worked for me:
Using Visual Studio 2015, use Windows Explorer to locate the files you want to add to your project. Copy those files to the clipboard. If DTSX files are what you are dealing with, in the Solution Explorer right-click on SSIS Packages, and then click on Paste.
I am using AnkhSVN in Visual Studio.
How can I delete all files from SVN as I delete them from Visual Studio (files ARE NOT included in projects).
Ideally I would like to do:
Press "Show All Files" In Visual Studio (shows the files not included in projects).
Delete selected files (the ones not included in projects) from VS Solution Explorer.
Commit (Deletes the files in SVN)
But this is not possible and I have to delete files directly from Repository OR delete missing files from TortoiseSVN.
Cheers,
Dmitriy.
Your scenario should work. What's wrong with deleting missing files using TortoiseSVN?
TortoisSVN commit http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5603/tortoisesvncommit.png
The easiest way to do it is using explorer. You can add a column to explorer called SVN Status. You can then sort the file view using that and delete the ones that you don't want..
(source: tigris.org)
I do not think AnkhSVN checks for files that are not in your project. Why don't you directly delete them in explorer using TortoiseSVN?
I either use a RapidSVN for that task, or add to VS Project (Add - Existing file) then delete, as Daniel says.