Changing Merge/Compare Tools in TFS

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:56:00 +0000

Moving from SVN to TFS has been an interesting experience. The integration of source control directly into Visual Studio seems like a good thing, but even on a well set up network it can occasionally bring Visual Studio to its knees. And I still don't trust its automerge.

Anyway, if you find that the TFS diff and merge tools are just too ugly and odd to work with, there's a great page on the MSDN blogs that describes how to set Visual Studio to use your preferred tool:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmanning/archive/2006/02/20/diff-merge-configuration-in-team-foundation-common-command-and-argument-values.aspx

Welcome back TortoiseMerge, I've missed you.

Go Offline Extension for Visual Studio 2010

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:54:00 +0000

Such a useful extension that I just had to big it up - the Go Offline extension adds the following menu item:

File>Source Control>Go Offline

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/425f09d8-d070-4ab1-84c1-68fa326190f4?SRC=Home

If you use TFS in a big environment, sometimes this can save a stack of time. Thanks to Bernhard Tschirren for taking the time to write this and share it!

TFS on dwmkerr.com

Changing Merge/Compare Tools in TFS

Go Offline Extension for Visual Studio 2010