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zu1b
zu1b

Reputation: 587

Missing the "Detect changes" link in visual studio 2012 team explorer

I'm was looking for the proper way to exclude folders/files from team foundation server (2012) using visual studio 2012. I found: how-to-exclude-certain-folders-from-visual-studio-2012-detected-changes-list on stackoverflow. However the shown detect changes link is missing in my team explorermissing link picture. There should be a detect changes link in the red circle as compared to the screenshot in the linked question

I could not comment on the original question to ask this, so I made a new one. Does anyone know where the detected changes link went. (and yes the project had pending changes when I tested)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1185

Answers (1)

Edward Thomson
Edward Thomson

Reputation: 78653

That's not a verb ("detect changes"), it's a noun: "detected changes". Which are changes that were found on the filesystem by watching your activity, but will not be included in the checkin.

This occurs when you use a local workspace. You will not see it if you are using a server workspace, since you must pend changes manually.

If you have changes that were made on the filesystem that were not pended, and you would like to detect them, run tfpt online from the TFS Power Tools. Or convert to a local workspace, and find them in the detected changes tab.

Upvotes: 4

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