Get JUST a change-set

Question

Newbie with TFS and TFSPS.

I'm having trouble with "tfps getcs /changeset:36".  I get an error saying that it is "Unable to determine the workspace"...  SO, HOW DO I TELL IT WHICH WORKSPACE TO USE! And, where is it going to put the files? ??

Answer 1

I can't BELIEVE this is not built in to TFS! What good are changesets if I can't get them to other machines?

Answer 2

Hello,

First thing you need to create a workspace (This maps the TFS Server location to a local directory). For your convenience, you could map the TFS root “$/” to a local folder on the client machine to “C:\TFSWorkspace”.

Now if you go to “C:\TFSWorkspace” directory and TF commands for a project/subfolder (IMPORTANT: In this scenario, if you do not specify a folder, it would try to bring entire tfs files to local), it would bring the files from TFS to appropriate folders.

Here is more detail about Workspace

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg490753.aspx

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Adhi
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Answer 3

ahh. Ok.  I have to actually navigate to the folder that is mapped with the workespace... I guess that makes sense...

Answer 4

I still say it should be built-in to TFS to be able to view a changeset and then get just those changes to my workspace...  Seems like a no-brainer from the Changeset details dialog to be able to have a button that says: get this changeset to my workspace folders....