New Post: Identify an artifact or Multiple Artifacts for a Project
If you are using .NET you must get all of them because like you said, the solution and the project files for a build. However, actually they are .NET files and makes perfect sense if you get the common...
View ArticleNew Post: Structure for large amounts of customisations per product
Hi, I am working with a customer who is building 1 (or more) core products using TFS2012 which they will "supply" to another department within the organisation. This other department will, in turn then...
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
Just when I thought I understood the advanced branching plan I noticed that there is an FI from Main to Servicing in Figure 3 (v2.1 - Visual Studio 2012). My understanding is that Servicing represents...
View ArticleNew Post: TFS 2012 File Time - pros/cons of setting to Current (default) vs...
Could someone offer some pros/cons of TFS 2012 File Time setting to Current (default) vs Checkin Time Also, how would I see the modify date of the file vs the last time Get lastest version of the file...
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
Your understanding is correct. Once a servicing branch in the release tree is created, you should never FI from Main into the servicing branch for precisely the reasons you specify. You should never do...
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
Thanks for the validation. As for that last comment: If there were modifications to the servicing branch (e.g. Emergency Hotfix) it would make sense to RI from Servicing to Main. In the example (Figure...
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
@Wheys, makes me wonder if we should not be revising the diagram(s) accordingly for the update we are working on?
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
@Wschaub - Yes, I think there are some glaring errors we should correct.
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
There should NEVER be any FI from MAIN to any of the servicing branches after they are created, for precisely the reasons you suggest. I haven't had the time to create a detailed bug list for the team....
View ArticleNew Post: Advanced Plan, Why FI from Main to Servicing?
@Wheys, the sooner the better as we are in the midst of v3 content development, planning to complete the BETA by end-November :) We are working on four areas: Strategies, TFVC, NuGet and Git, which...
View ArticleNew Post: Beginners Question - Basic Branch Plan
Why do we need to have two Main folders? Can't we branch from the top level main folder? I'm referring to $/TeamProject1/Main/MAIN
View ArticleNew Post: Beginners Question - Basic Branch Plan
This is actually not two folders named "Main". Rather this a is true branch "MAIN" which has been created in a folder, "Main". There is a technical reason for doing this, rather than having the "MAIN"...
View ArticleNew Post: Path issues related to branching
I am completely new to branching. I've done some research, which mainly consisted of reading the Branching and Merging Guide and reading several threads in this forum. After that I decided that my team...
View ArticleClosed Issue: Branch By Label - Q&A [12346]
Page 10 in doc TFS_Branching_Guide_Q&A_2010_v1.pdf is talking about Branch by Label. This feature is available only in command line, and not in the UI. I think this is important to be...
View ArticleClosed Issue: Branching Poster Scenarios and the Branching Scenarios document...
In TFS_Branching_Guide_Scenarios_2010_Poster_v1.vsd I can see there are 4 scenarios under tab Scenarios.The forth one is being called – Team, Feature, Release Isolation Branching Model. However I...
View ArticleClosed Issue: Quick Start - Basic Branch Plan HOL question [12348]
I am looking at page 11 of file HOL_Quick_Start_Basic_Branch_Plan_2010_v1.pdf of Branching and Merging Guidance for 2010. It is section Scenario #2: Concurrent Hotfix, Service Pack, and vNext, Figure...
View ArticleClosed Issue: Branching Guidance Main Document - Type [12349]
I read this out of the 2010 Branching Guidance. Please post your scenarios not covered below to the community section associated with this document at http://www.codeplex.com/TFSBranchingGuideII ....
View ArticleClosed Issue: Branching Guide - Typos and Corrections suggested [12350]
1. In the main document, page 1, the old guide (v2) is referenced:2. Main document, page 24, talks about TFS "basic edition", which should be: TFS basic installation wizard.3. The "Track Changeset"...
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