Our development team has just converted from CVS to Team System. One of the things we can't seem to find is the output of updated files when you get latest.
I have gotten this output once in Team System, but only when I have a conflict.
We'd really like to be able to see this output any time we get latest. Is there any way to get Team System to show it to us even when there isn't a conflict?
Thanks,
Patrick
If you're used to CVS you'll probably find the command line most familiar.
But that's not entirely true. If there's a conflict, the list shows up in the Output tab, and actually stays up until you close Team Explorer.
There is obviously code to display that output in the Output tab somewhere. Maybe it should be made to be an option to always display it.
Patrick
All Get output is logged to the "Source Control - Team Foundation" tab of the Outlook pane. This happens whether you encounter a conflict or not.
When you encounter a conflict, two things happen. (1) the Resolve dialog pops up, showing the list of conflicting files; (2) the Output pane is focused. To my knowledge there's no way to force either of these things to happen during an ordinary, successful Get.
If you need the list of modified files, e.g. to pass to a script, tf.exe is probably the best way. You can use tf get /preview to capture just the list (without touching your workspace), or you can use various tf history commands to get the full details either before & after running Get.
Thank you for the further explanation.
I find it troubling that the GUI won't show me this during a successful get if
it's already generating it. Even if I visit the output tab on my own, it
doesn't appear to show up there until after a conflict forces it to be shown.
I used two CVS GUIs (WinCVS and TortoiseCVS) and both of them showed me updated
files. In fact, I can't think of a single VCS that doesn't present a file list
during an update even through their GUIs. (I think even VSS provided the list
of updated files, but it's been 5 or 6 years since I last used it, so I could
be wrong)
I would think the ability to have this in the output tab all the time would be
a great option to add for people like myself and members of my development
team.
Thank you,
Patrick
What version are you using? I know we had a bug on this (Output buffer not getting flushed unless you hit an error/warning) but I thought we fixed it awhile ago.
I just checked my version number and it is:
2005 Team Explorer 8.0.50727.147
I just used the "Check for Updates" link in the Help menu and there wasn't a new version available on that site.
Is there somewhere else I should be looking?
What version are you testing against?
Thanks,
Patrick
Patrick,
in Output window, does combobox (Show output from) is set to "Source Control - Team Foundation", when you check results of get?
No it doesn't, and it sounds like it's a bug Richard has said is fixed. But I'm trying to figure out in which version it's fixed.
What version is RTM? Are there any updates since RTM?
Thanks,
Patrick
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