Hold the shift key and double click

Buck HodgesAugust 23, 2005Aug 23, 200508/23/05

I’ve learned two shortcuts recently that I didn’t know existed in TFS source control integration in VS.  These may or may not work based on the build you are using.
Double clicking the Source Control node in the Team Explorer will bring up the Source Control Explorer window. 

Look for TFS Beta 3 in September, RTM in Q1 ’06

Buck HodgesAugust 22, 2005Aug 22, 200508/22/05

Beta 3 for Team Foundation will be released in September along with Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate 1.  One of the most significant points with beta 3 is that it will have a go-live license that includes data migration to RTM. 

Why doesn’t Team Foundation get the latest version of a file on checkout?

Buck HodgesAugust 20, 2005Aug 20, 200508/20/05

I’ve seen this question come up a few times.  Doug Neumann, our PM, wrote a nice explanation in the Team Foundation forum (http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=70231).

It turns out that this is by design, so let me explain the reasoning behind it.  When you perform a get operation to populate your workspace with a set of files,

Dogfood statistics update

Buck HodgesAugust 20, 2005Aug 20, 200508/20/05

John Lawrence posted the latest set of dogfood system statistics.  The deltas are from May I think, since it says checkins are up 4,500.  The June/early-July statistics are here.  One thing to note is that we now have more than 600,000 files and folders in the system.