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…
TFS Checkout, Search and Replace with PowerShell
Occasionally I need to make batch edits to files that are under TFS source control, outside of Visual Studio. Usually the need is editing some 37 project files to replace some path difference after branching and merging. Some options for the source control checkout: Manually checkout each file – Across 37 folders? No thanks. tf.exe…
TFS Artifact Manager
The What TFS Artifact Manager is a tool intended for downloading application “artifacts”, such as database scripts and report files, from TFS. It pulls down these files from task source control changesets and attachments, organizes them, outputs task and change information, and helps combine and package database object changes. The tool’s primary value is doing…