June 2004 | Buck Hodges

Out for the week

Buck HodgesJune 18, 2004Jun 18, 200406/18/04

TechEd C# presentations

Buck HodgesJune 16, 2004Jun 16, 200406/16/04

Duncan Mackenzie just posted a link to the C# TechEd 2004 page that has slides from some of the presentations (more to come). Cool!

VSTS pricing

Buck HodgesJune 16, 2004Jun 16, 200406/16/04

There have been questions about pricing in the newsgroups. Here is what Raju Malhotra had to say about it. As I understand it, many of the pricing details have yet to be worked out and are far from being set in stone. We will share the specific pricing details with you as soon as they are finalized but here is what we know. Ho

Interfaces for the TFS source control client

Buck HodgesJune 15, 2004Jun 15, 200406/15/04

The new source control system in Team Foundation will have several client interfaces.Command line The command line interface provides a complete set of commands for performing all of your source control tasks. When run interactively (i.e., the /noprompt option is not specified), some commands will bring up dialogs. Thes

A simple example using branch and merge

Buck HodgesJune 14, 2004Jun 14, 200406/14/04

Merge is an overloaded word. There is a content merge and then there is a branch merge. A content merge is where you have edited a file and someone checked in a newer file, so the source control system will tell you to do a content merge before checking in the file (if it's interactive, it's a 3-way merge GUI). A branch merge is migrating cha

More on branching and merging vs. sharing and pinning

Buck HodgesJune 14, 2004Jun 14, 200406/14/04

Branching and merging in TFS provide a more robust way to accomplish what sharing and pinning are often used for in VSS. In TFS, you would branch a directory (source), using the "branch source target" command, to the desired location (target). Then when there are changes in the source that you need in the target, you woul

When can I get the Team Foundation Server?

Buck HodgesJune 10, 2004Jun 10, 200406/10/04

Several people have asked this question. The server is not included in the May Community Preview distributed at TechEd. Also, the server bits will not be included with the upcoming VS 2005 Beta 1 release. In fact, none of Team System will be in Beta 1, so the May Community Preview release at TechEd is it for a littl

Migrating from SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server

Buck HodgesJune 10, 2004Jun 10, 200406/10/04

We plan to provide migration tools for users switching to TFS. A VSS user asked in the newsgroup about migrating VSS labels, revision history, sharing, and pinning.The goal is migration of all data, consisting of projects, files, and folders, with associated metadata reliably with minimal information loss while preserving user infor

12 GB CompactFlash card

Buck HodgesJune 10, 2004Jun 10, 200406/10/04

Of course you can get microdrives, but if the moving parts make you nervous, Pretec offers a 12 GB flash card. It's only $14,900. Then you'll need a $60,000 digital camera to go with it. Somehow that nifty $3,000 Nikon D2H just seems inadequate.http://www.dpreview.com/news/0405/04052601pretec12gb.asp

VSTS Newsgroups

Buck HodgesJune 4, 2004Jun 4, 200406/4/04

The VSTS 2005 page mentions the newsgroups for VSTS (in the Community Resources section beside the "Ask the Team" column). It doesn't stand out, though, and so a lot of people may not realize they are there. The newsgroups are actively monitored by a large number of VSTS folks, so it's a great way to interact and provide feedback (you'll usual

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June 2004 | Buck Hodges

Out for the week

TechEd C# presentations

VSTS pricing

Interfaces for the TFS source control client

A simple example using branch and merge

More on branching and merging vs. sharing and pinning

When can I get the Team Foundation Server?

Migrating from SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server

12 GB CompactFlash card

VSTS Newsgroups

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