Discrepancy when files are deleted

When you Get files into your local cache (local PC), the TFVC server keeps track of the files and versions that you have retrieved. If you physically remove the files from the local drive, TFVC doesn't know that they are gone. If you delete the files from Source Control Explorer and then do a check-in to commit the delete, the files are removed from TFVC and from your local drive.

The important thing to remember about TFVC is that it wants to control the files in your local cache and doesn't know what you do outside of Source Control Explorer. When you "Get Latest" or "Get Specific Version", TFVC will sync your local cache with the files on the server. This extends to adding new files that you don't have, updating files that are out of date and deleting files that have been removed from version control. It is also why you cando a "Get Latest" but TFVC tells you that all files are up to date, even after you deleted your entire source code folder. TFVC knows that you sync'd up with the latest files the last time and has no idea that the files have been deleted from the drive.

- Steve

SteveSt.Jean at 2007-8-30 >