I mapped a project in TFS in wrong location, after that I did undo pending changes and try to remap the project to correct location.But when try to remap, it automatically mapped to previously mapped location which I gave mistakenly.
So how can I map it to correct location.
Thank you.
When you map a solution to team foundation server, It will automatically create a workspace in your pc, so afterwards that workspace used feature mapping, so you have to remove the that workspace in you workspaces.
Steps -
Go to workspaces.
File - > Source control - > Advanced - > workspaces..
Double click on your current workspaces.
Then find the workspace which you mistakenly added and remove it.
Now you can map to your solution to correct location.
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I'm using VS 2013 with TFS online. I have several branches and workspace.
When I open a solution, I cannot easily tell which branch and which workspace I'm in easily.
In old vs source safe, I can tell by Source control BIND. The current open solution is bound to a branch and workspace. Where can I get the info properly? Source Control Explorer, Team Explorer seems not good enough.
After research, I confirm that VS does not tell which branch you are working on.
You can do as timB33 does. But, this does not tell you that you are in which branch.
Team Explorer and Source Control Explorer shows identical for both solutions from different branches.
For sure, I do open folder by "Open Folder in File Explorer" on a project or solution. The folder path that I always setup with proper branch structure tells me 100% where I am.
I wish VS improve to display the current folder path or TFS path of 'Source Control Explorer' for the current project or solution on Title or Property or Team Explorer.
I organise my workspaces like this:
C:_ws\tfs\collnZZ\dev\dev04
C:_ws\tfs\collnZZ\fb\fb01
C:_ws\tfs\collnZZ\main\main31
I also keep an eye on >TeamExplorer>SourceControlExplorer and then I look at Workspace and expect my local path (beneath workspace) to be mapped.
I created a new project in my solution under a newly created folder. Not just a solution folder. It is placed under a physical folder also.
Say, my original solution is like this:
MySolution
- MySolution.Web
- MySolution.Domain
Now the structure is:
MySolution
- App
- MySolution.Web
- Lib
- MySolution.Domain
- MySolution.Repositories
- MySolution.WorkerServices
- Test
- MySolution.Specs
- MySolution.Unit
Please note in addition to the newly added projects, MySolution.Web and MySolution.Domain are moved to a physical subfolder also.
To move MySolution.Web into the App folder, I moved the files outside Visual Studio and then edit the MySolution.sln manually with a text editor so that the project entry can point to the correct physical location.
Since those two projects are almost empty, I don't really care about losing history.
Then I find I could not check in the change to TFS!
I got Team Foundation Error, saying Could not find a part of the path.
As suggested by comments/answers to this question, I have done an Add Items to Folder in my Source Control Explorer. Now the new folders and projects have a plus sign ahead of their icons. But the MySolution.Web and MySolution.Domain still stubbornly exists in the root. If I try to delete them, it says One or more children have pending changes. It appears TFS tracking failed to understand what I am doing and pending changes are related to those projects even though they are not in existence physically on my local computer.
How can I fix it? What is the correct way to add a project into another folder?
It sounds like you need to add these new folders to source control.
In Source Control Explorer, use the tree view and right-click on the folder above the folders you want to add. You should see an "Add Items to Folder" menu item. Click that, and follow the instructions.
Note that all involved folders must be mapped into your workspace in order for this to work.
I'm using Visual Studio 2012 and TFS Express. I have the top level collection 192.168.100.100\Collection; under it I have a project for each program; under those I have the solution folders. So in the project folder FooBarBaz I have the solution OldName. (I'd rather not post screen shots of the folder tree, but I can rig up an ASCII art depiction if needed.)
I want to rename the folder OldName to NewName. I have already successfully renamed the solution itself and checked that in. I have also successfully changed my local mapping from ~/Projects/OldName to ~/Projects/NewName.
In MSVS Source Code Explorer, when I right-click on OldName the context menu options Rename and Move are both greyed out.
How do I rename the folder in TFS? I am the team's TFS admin so I can use the web-based settings and I can also use the TFS control panel on the host system.
Right click on the folder name in the left panel.
Also, you must have those folders mapped into your current workspace.
Pre-step assumption: Create local folder with solution and project under it and added solution to TFS. TFS now has a path in TFS pointing to a TFS folder that contains your added solution. This location is bound to the location on your local machine that is likely out of sync with the path structure represented in Source Control Explorer.
You want to rename the folder in TFS that holds your solution. When I right-click in Source Control Explorer, “Rename” is grayed out. It appears that TFS wants the TFS path to match your local path structure.
In order to rename the TFS folder I had to:
Check everything in
Remove binding to source control
Do a get latest - TFS assumes structure inherited binding - so whatever the folder is named and where it is in the TFS path structure, the get latest will create a local folder to hold the code.
Now, right click on the folder and do a rename in Source Control Explorer.
TFS and your local workspace are now in sync. If you now go and rename the TFS folder that contains your solution, the next time you open the solution, your local folder name will be automatically changed to match TFS.
Of course, don’t forget to go back later - after VS has released the lock, and delete your old/first/”no longer bound to TFS” version of the local solution folder.
I hope this helps someone else.
I have a project stored in visualstudio.com. However when I have a file checked out, my colleagues can do the same. How can I disable that feature? I went to TEAM -> Team Project Settings -> Source Control in VS 2012 and disabled "Enable multiple check-out". However nothing seems to have changed. Do I need to do something else with that? Secondly, I read this but when I right click a file and chose "Check-out for edit", it only has "Unchanged" and "CheckIn" lock types but no "Check-out" which, as I understand, is the thing I need to chose. So, is there a way to make sure only one person can edit a file at one time?
What kind of workspace are you using? Make sure you're using a server workspace. If you're using a local workspace which is the default when you create a new workspace in VS 2012/TFS 2012, checkout locks are disabled. For more info on local and server workspaces:
Decide Between Using a Local or a Server Workspace.
I am trying to use TFS storing non-VisualStudio source code. Working with Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft's online Team Foundation Service.
I've setup a TeamProject and mapped its root to a local folder. All it contains at the moment is a BuildProcessTemplates folder in it. (which was created as part of the TeamProject)
I copied my source code externally (using windows explorer) into the TeamProject root folder on my hard drive and since my TFS workspace is NOT a server workspace but rather a local workspace, I was expecting VS to detect the folders/files and show them in Pending Changes window .... yet it doesn't.
Interestingly, new files in the root folder are detected as "Excluded Changes" but new folders are not detected.
What am I missing?
First make sure the newly added folders contains files.
Are there any Detected changes shown in the Excluded Changes section?
Pending Changes > Detected changes link > The Promote Candidate Changes dialog box appears > check the files you want and click Promote.
I can't say I have ever noticed nor expected TFS to automatically pick up files or folders added to a mapped directory as pending changes.
I always just add them manually using the 'Add existing items' option from the source control view.
It may actually do (or at least be meant to do) the auto-detection, but I can't say I've ever relied on it. I don't think it's something to fret too much about - adding them manually is easy enough, and the 'Add existing items' option is usually smart enough to show you which files are not already under source control, so even if you need to add even more files later, it shouldn't be too much extra effort.