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TFS Version Control Basics
Workspace
A workspace includes client-side folders on the local disk mapped to version-controlled folders on the Team foundation version control server.
Get Latest
You get the latest files from server to your client
Cloaking
Use cloaking to prevent users from viewing specified workspace folders
or for folders you do not currently need. Cloaking is useful when you
are working with files from two or more branches under a common parent
to prevent you from copying files unnecessarily
Team Foundation version control provides the ability to add items to the server that are not bound to Visual Studio.
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ChangeSet
You use a Team Foundation version control
changeset to store and find information about a single check-in operation.
ShelveSet
Shelving lets you set aside a batch of
pending changes temporarily and optionally remove the pending changes from
workspace.
Different between ChangeSet and ShelveSet
When you check in one or more of the pending changes in your workspace, Team Foundation creates a
changeset
in the source control server. A changeset is a group of source file
revisions, check-in notes, a comment, and links to associated work
items. Similarly, a
shelveset is a group
of source file revisions, check-in notes, comments, and a list of
associated work items. However, a shelveset does not contain a
collection of committed and versioned file changes. Both shelvesets and
changesets are stored on the Team Foundation server and can be retrieved
into a workspace by any user who has sufficient permissions.
Other differences between changesets and shelvesets:
- Unlike
a changeset, a shelveset is a non-versioned entity. If you or another
user unshelve the items of which a shelveset consists, edit several
files, and reshelve the shelveset, Team Foundation does not create a new
version of the items for future comparison and maintains no record of
who revised the items, when, or in what manner. The original shelveset
is completely replaced.
- You can delete a shelveset but you cannot delete a changeset.
- You
can link a changeset to a work item so that when a user clicks the
changeset link on the Links tab of the work item form, the changeset is
automatically retrieved to the current workspace. This functionality is
not supported for shelvesets.
- You can prevent or at
least, strongly discourage users from creating changeset that do not
comply with established team standards by creating and enforcing
check-in policies. This functionality is not supported for shelvesets.
Branching
Branching Strategically
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Merging
Labelling
Labels enable you to take a snapshot of your files so that at a later
date you can refer back to that snapshot. By using your label, you can
view, build, or even roll back a large set of files to the state they
were in when you applied the label.
