Reputation: 1634
I can't find a file in our source control of the TFS because it's simply a big mess. So I want to know if there is a way to search for files by their name?
I've heard of the Power Tool for TFS which enables search functionality but the problem is that it has to be installed and our sysadmin is currently not available. So does maybe a simple plugin exist?
Upvotes: 64
Views: 65031
Reputation: 1797
Combining WebPlanet's answer and this https://devatheart.com/2010/10/24/searching-for-a-file-in-team-foundation-server/
I got the following to work when searching for a .rdl file on my TFS server.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe" dir "$/*.rdl" /recursive /server:http://yourTFSserver
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 1889
If you're using Azure DevOps you can open the Azure Repos section in Azure DevOps for your project. There is a search input on this screen that allows you to search your code. You can find out more in Microsoft's documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/project/search/code-search?view=azure-devops
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 19
If you have created a workspace on your local, then you can search a file in your local to get the path.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 1269
If you are using Visual Studio 2010
The following will list all the items in your repository without checking them out
tf dir /recursive $/
you can pass in the item you are searching for also e.g.
tf dir /recursive $/*.cs
gets all the .cs files in all team projects
Note: depending on how big your source is, this could take sometime.
Upvotes: 69