I'm trying out the new Team Foundation Services and I'm wondering how people manage source control of non-VS-Project files. So my solution is added to the TFS source control, but if there's some Word Templates, Crystal Report files, etc that aren't part of the solution, but are supplementary to the application that need to be source controlled as well how would I go about doing that?
Thanks
Have you installed the Team Explorer into Visual Studio - I suspect you have.
Use Source Control Explorer to Manage Files under Version Control
Open Source Control Explorer
Do one of the following:
From the menu bar choose View, Other Windows, Source Control Explorer.
From Team Explorer, choose Home, and then choose Source Control Explorer.
Then in the Source Tree just right click and select Add Files.
See here for lots more info Working within Team Explorer
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I have written a PowerShell script that takes a single file as an argument and runs a compare to another file in the background. I'd like to be able to right click a file in Team Foundation Server's Solution Explorer, and choose that file as the argument for my script. I've done the exact same thing for files in the Windows Explorer, but I can't quite figure out how to do it for TFS.
I thought the registry items to be edited would be located at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\, but I added an item the same way I added it to the Windows Explorer shell, to no avail. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I don't think adding a key to Registry will be enough, you will need to create a Visual Studio Extension for that.
Developing Visual Studio Extensions
Extend Visual Studio
Creating Extensions By Using the VSIX Project Template
There is this SO thread that shows how to do this strictly in Visual Studio using Options -> External Tools and Options->Customizing the context menu.
Add an Item to the visual studio folder right-click menu within AddIn
I'am having problem with team foundation server.(http://tfs.visualstudio.com/). I created project from there(http://tfs.visualstudio.com/). And I click Open New Instance of Visual Studio.
And Team Explorer is look like:
Then i click File>New Project and clicked Add to Source Control and selected My project name in TFS. So i uploaded my project and it added to my tfs project. But i dont know how can i share my project in tfs. I tried this:
Entered my friend live id(hotmail). Then he signed up and he did same steps like me. But how can he download project that already exist? I did not see specific setting for that.
What i must supposed to do?
He must use the menu File > Open > Team Project. Visual Studio will probably ask for a TFS server, when you set the server URL, he will be able to see the collections and projects, then, he can open the project.
Or, on the window you showed (Team Explorer), he can click on Source Control Explorer and open the solution from there.
Visual Studio will ask for a mapping directory.
If you are trying to connect to Team Foundation Service via VS 2008 following steps have to be done,
Install VS 2008 SP1, Team Explorer 2008 and GDR update (VS90SP1-KB2673642-x86)
Connect manually to Team Foundation Service
Team Explorer -> Servers -> Add -> type
https://[YourAccount].visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection
Make sure to add /DefaultCollection.
In VS 2008 there is a nice feature that I can share a single file between two projects
How can i do the same in Eclipse (Android)
For Java, you can right click on the project and go to Properties then into Java Build Path. Under the Source tab you can click on the Link Source... button and then input the location of your common source directory - that will allow you to put all "shared" files in the one spot and link them into the projects you want.
I currently use EA connected to TFS as source control repository to manage the models, however I now have a need to stop using source control.
I've searched but only seem to be able to find resources on working with TFS, but I cannot seem to be able to find an easy way to unbind the model from TFS, so any help is appreciated.
Cheers
Ash
In Enterprise Architect, when you right click on a package in the project browser there is a "Package Control" option. Drill down to "Configure". This will open the Package Control Options. There should be a check box there that says "Control Package". This should unbind your model from TFS.
You may have to play around with source code locations (code files for each element in your model) as they will now not be housed in the TFS repository.
I hope this helps.
A colleague has installed VS2008 Team Explorer (as part of his role in Scrum) and can successfully use Work Items, Documents and Reports. I now want him to use the TFS Source Control for non-code files (documents etc). He can successfully open Source Control Explorer but everything is greyed out as nothing has been mapped locally. Unfortunately, the "Map to Local Folder" option is missing from the context menus.
Is there another component he needs to install in order to use the Source Control part of TFS?
If he installs SP1 of Visual Studio 2008 he'll find it much easier to use. SP1 includes things like drag-drop into Source Control Explorer to add files, easier local folder mapping and links to open the local folder in windows explorer from the source control explorer.
You might also want him to install the TFS 2008 Power Tools - especially the Windows Shell Extensions (not selected by default in the installer) as they make it easier to deal with files outside of Visual Studio. This is very handy for word docs etc.