Get Latest Version of Specific Files With TFS Power Tools

Sometimes it is handy to get the latest version of certain types of files in TFS source control. These files may reside across many folders in a large solution so it can be painful to either download a large root branch or cherry-pick through a number of folders. With the TFS Power Tools and a few lines of PowerShell it is a breeze to do.

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell
}
$env:path += ";$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE"
function GetLatestFiles([string]$tfsPath, [string]$like)
{
    foreach ($item in Get-TfsChildItem $tfsPath -r | where {$_.ServerItem -like $like}) { tf.exe get $item.ServerItem /version:T -Force }
}

My need for this function today was in testing my CI MSBuild script where I kept messing with AssemblyInfo.cs and AssemblyInfo.vb files and needed to revert them back before running the build script again to test it:

GetLatestFiles "$/My Application/Code/Dev/" "*AssemblyInfo.*"