migrate VS2013 solution to VSO

Question

hello,

i have not been able to find out how to migrate a website solution from my local machine (VS2013) to VSO.  is there a procedure posted anywhere?  i am not using any version tracking or TFS.

thanks!

Answer 1

Hi usphilos,

Thanks for posting here.

You can migrate using TFS to VSO tool. Please follow the below article for details

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/05/12/migrating-your-data-from-tfs-to-visual-studio-online-with-new-free-utility-from-opshub.aspx

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2014/05/13/tfs-to-vso--migration-tool.aspx

Hope this helps you.

Girish Prajwal

Answer 2

i am not using tfs, it is a website on a standalone personal machine.

i would like to add Git and Scrum/Agile once it is added to the VSO server.

Answer 3

Hi usphilos,

Please refer the link it may provide you the information on migrating the web application from vs 2013 to VSO.

Answer 4

this link provides information for migration to Azure.  i am not using Azure, but may in the future. 

for now, i would like to use VSO for development and maintain my current hosting provider using Web Deploy to publish the website.

Answer 5

VSO is more like TFS online. This is not an IDE and more like TFS + few extra features to enable collaboration for Cloud based development. You will not be migrating stuff from Visual Studio 2013 to VSO instead you will be connecting to VSO and then add your Visual Studio Code to VSO. Below link will help you connect VSO.

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/get-started/setup/connect-to-visual-studio-online-vs

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Best Regards, Vishnu

Answer 6

yes, i would like to use VSO as my Git/Scrum version control system.  i will still be using VS2013 for local coding, etc.

please refer back to my original question: how do i migrate an existing, locally developed website to VSO?

Answer 7

Hi usphilos,

As my understanding from your question, you want to migrate your local project to git VSO.

If I am not wrong. First you need to create git repository in VSO and clone your local repository to git VSO repository.

Please go through the below link for more information:

http://nakedalm.com/migrating-source-perforce-git-vso/

Regards,
Sunil.HP

Answer 8

this link is somewhat helpful, but i run into and error and it is missing some steps, on task #2:

2. Clone the Git repository – This puts a local copy of the new and empty repository on disk. If you connect to the repository in Visual Studio then you will be offered a clone button.

i receive and error that there is an existing solution already in a local directory with same name when i try to clone the VSO solution to local repository.

also on task #3:

3. Copy/Create Solution and Projects – Getting the files into Git is as easy as copying t hem in. In this case we were picking about 10 of the 30 projects to go into a new Core solution.

i do not want to create a solution, and it is not clear how to "copy" an existing solution to the VSO repository.

it also does not address whether or not or when to "Add solution to source control" in VS2013.

i found this link that helps, but still nothing that directly addresses my question.

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/get-started/code/share-your-code-in-git-vs

Answer 9

Hi,

Please go through the below links which helps you to solve your problem.

http://rickrainey.com/2013/07/27/visual-studio-and-gitub-the-basics-of-working-with-existing-repositories-2/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2013/02/06/set-up-connect-and-publish-using-visual-studio-with-git.aspx

http://www.codeease.com/add-local-project-to-visual-studio-online.html

Regards,

Answer 10

the first link demonstrates the opposite (remote to local) direction of my question (local to remote).

the second link, as it relates to my problem, explains how to add a local app to Git source control, but the remaining text does not help with the original question.

the third link is the winner!  it is missing a few steps, but i was able to follow the procedure and migrate a local website to Visual Studio Online.