Download entire solution or specific branch from TFS to local folder - powershell

Question

Hi all I got the below script to download a file from TFS, using powershell script, but I need to download entire solution how can I achieve that
cls
$tfsCollectionUrl = New-Object System.URI("http://localhost:8080/tfs/defaultcollection");
[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection] $tfsCollection = Get-TfsServer $tfsCollectionUrl
$VersionControl = $tfsCollection.GetService([Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer])
$DestinationFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
$VersionControl.DownloadFileByUrl('$/MyFirstProject/WebApplication1/WebApplication1/WebForm1.aspx.cs', $DestinationFile)
Invoke-Item $DestinationFile
Also this is not checking whether he is having permission to download , I would like to prompt for username and password instead of downloading directly. Can I achieve the same for bitbucket too if so how can I

Answer 1

The same code converted to powershell
connect to tfs and download the files present in it VS2010
For credential use the above logic
Write-Host "Enter source location "
$sourceLocation = Read-Host
$tfsCollectionUrl = New-Object System.URI($sourceLocation);
Write-Host "Enter server path "
$serverPath = Read-Host
Write-Host "Enter local path to download"
$localPath = Read-Host
[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection] $tfsCollection = Get-TfsServer $tfsCollectionUrl
$VersionControl = $tfsCollection.GetService([Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer])
$latest = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionSpec]::Latest
$recursionType = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.RecursionType]::Full
try
{
foreach ($item in $VersionControl.GetItems($serverPath, $latest,$recursionType).Items)
{
$target = [io.path]::Combine($localPath,$item.ServerItem.Substring(2))
$exists=[System.IO.Directory]::Exists($target)
if($item.ItemType -eq "Folder" -and !$exists)
{
New-Item $target -Type Directory
}
if($item.ItemType -eq "File")
{
$item.DownloadFile($target)
}
}
Write-Host "`n Successfully downloaded all the files to the target folder: " $localPath -ForegroundColor Green
}
catch
{
$ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
$FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName
Break
}

Answer 2

An easy way is to have a workspace mapping multiple projects and run the tf get command from Powershell.
You can also manage workspace with tf workspace command line.

Answer 3

The simple way is that:
Create a workspace
Map a workspace
Get all files.
Sample code:
$tfsCollectionUrl = New-Object System.URI("[team project collection url");
$username="[user name]"
$password="[password]"
$domain="[domain]"
$cret = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username, $password, $domain)
$teamProjectCollection=new-object Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection($tfsCollectionUrl,$cret)
$teamProjectCollection.EnsureAuthenticated()
$VersionControl = $teamProjectCollection.GetService([Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer])
$workspace = $VersionControl.CreateWorkspace("BasicSccExamplePS", $VersionControl.AuthorizedUser);
$workspace.Map("[file or folder server path, for example:$/TestTeam/FolderA]", "[local path]")
$workspace.Get()
You can find that it lets you to provide the credential, so you could let user to provide username, password, then connect to TFS with that account.
Regards