It is generally a Bad Thingtm when I am presented with a dialog from a source control management system and am not sure which button to click that will not destroy all of the changes I have made. Especially when there is no option to branch/shelve these changes just in case I do something stupid.
Archive for the ‘TFS’ Category
Big msbuild gotcha
ThursdaySep 13,2007
by Scott Williams » click here for full post
Msbuild is not necessarily a “real” component of TFS, but it is heavily integrated throughout its build system (as well as Visual Studio 2005), so I’ll be recording my thoughts on it as well. It seems to be better than NAnt, a similar open source product, in most regards, but I have spent the better part [...] Read more »
Matt Berther on TFS Source Control
TuesdaySep 4,2007
by Scott Williams » click here for full post
He has a similar background as I do (coming from more of a SubVersion environment) and has similar gripes. I’m planning on writing an entire post on TFS’s Source Control, but he covers most of my point.
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TFS versus Open Source
FridayAug 31,2007
by Scott Williams » click here for full post
As I’ve stated before, I haven’t had the opportunity to use TFS in my programming lifetime yet. One of the things that has struck me about it is shear cost of all the stuff that is needed. TFS requires a server OS, a SQL Server database, and “prefers” to run on an Active Directory domain. Even [...] Read more »
TFS - Installation
WednesdayAug 29,2007
by Scott Williams » click here for full post
Before I could actually use the fancier parts of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, I had to first install it. I began by following this Cliffs’ Notes version of the process, but changed up halfway through for reasons I’ll describe below.
I didn’t have a spare machine around that was beefy enough to run TFS, but [...] Read more »
A topic
TuesdayAug 28,2007
by Scott Williams » click here for full post
I think I have something to write about semi-regularly here. One of the major tasks for my job will be to streamline the build process for a couple of applications that are starting to wrap up their development. I have some experience using open source technology like NAnt and CruiseControl.net, however this project uses Microsoft’s [...] Read more »