TFPT.exe annotate command with /noprompt

Question

Is there a way to have the TFPT.exe annotate command default to outputting the changeset, author, and date instead of just the changeset when using the /noprompt command.

For automation purposes, that information would be VERY beneficial, but I cannot seem to get to it?

I cannot find anything specifically in the documentation or otherwise, but I am curious if there is maybe an underlying configuration that could be set to get this functionality?

Answer 1

Hello, Josh, that should be possible but isn't currently in the product. I added this request to our backlog, but I can't commit to a date for when this would be done (we tackle these requests in priority order).

One thing that you can do right now is to parse the changeset number and then call:

tf changeset <changesetnum> /noprompt

This should give you the information you want, however I agree it isn't as easy as having tfpt annotate outputing that for you

Answer 2

Hi Josh, 

Thanks for your post.

For this issue, Daniel provided us the helpful suggestion, please confirm that. 

If misunderstood anything, please describe your question in more detail and we will be able to provide the better responses.

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Answer 3

Thanks Daniel -- I appreciate the feedback.

It does appear that with the additional tf command to get all the changeset details, I could get the information I'm looking for.

About integrating it into tfpt, I have a couple questions.  I believe it is ALREADY integrated, it's just that the feature is basically turned off by some boolean flags.  What I mean is that the code is present to do this, it's basically just "shut off", isn't it?

That's what this other thread I'm involved in is saying, anyway.

Is there a way to "vote up" requests to prioritize them higher?

Is the release schedule published anywhere, with information about when a release is supposed to happen, what's included, etc?

Any additional information you might be able to provide about this request would be very helpful.

Thanks!