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Mike Wills
Mike Wills

Reputation: 21265

Source Versioning for Visual Studio Express

Is there any Visual Studio Express plug ins for source versioning? I am starting a project on my own and only have the Express version of Visual Studio 2008.

Upvotes: 15

Views: 22821

Answers (10)

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 11

You can get cloud based Team Foundation Service for free as long as your project has 5 or fewer members. I've been using it for a few months now and it works great. There are a some features of Team Foundation Server that are not available yet, but, hey, it's free.

http://tfs.visualstudio.com/

Upvotes: 0

Justin
Justin

Reputation: 51

Visual studio 2012 Express offers an express version of Team Foundation Server.

Upvotes: 5

pablo
pablo

Reputation: 6402

You don't really need an integration/plugin. First is not supported but there are very good alternatives to make it work.

Whatever SCM you decide to use (SVN, GIT, PlasticSCM, Mercurial) just use the "find changes" workflow:

  • Do your changes
  • Find your modifications within the tool you've chosen to use
  • Commit

http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-find-changes-on-plastic-scm.html

Edit: PlasticSCM is free for up to 15 users since Nov 1st 2010.

Upvotes: 6

Wil
Wil

Reputation: 544

Way I do this is I have TortosieHG installed and then in visual studios express i went to Tools>External Tools.

I created the following enteries:

Title: HG New Repositry 
Command: C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\hgtk.exe
Arguments: --nofork init Initial
directory: $(SolutionDir)

Title: HG Commit 
Command: C:\Program  Files\TortoiseHg\hgtk.exe 
Arguments: --nofork init Initial directory: $(SolutionDir)

I then added the two external tools to the toolbar. Now I don't get as nice intergration as I would with the full version of visual studios but I can commit source code and create a source repository without leaving Visual Studios.

Upvotes: 23

wonea
wonea

Reputation: 4969

Interesting, does the Express edition auto-check for file updates? If so, just use TortoiseSVN and save yourself the money of upgrading.

Upvotes: 0

Krishna
Krishna

Reputation: 1

VisualSVN doesn't support Visual Studio Express editions. Visit here for more info http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/download/

Upvotes: 0

Sören Kuklau
Sören Kuklau

Reputation: 19930

Short answer: No.

The Express editions support neither the Add-Ins nor Source Control providers (SCC plug-ins). While there are ways to make this work, they are undocumented, violate the license and have caused legal trouble before…

Upvotes: 15

Brian Stewart
Brian Stewart

Reputation: 9277

The VisualSVN manual says it works with all editions of Visual Studio - though I have not personally tried it. I know that none of Microsoft's Team Foundation Server stuff will work with Express.

Upvotes: 0

Phillip Wells
Phillip Wells

Reputation: 7622

Source control integration is not supported in the Express editions of Visual Studio. Check out the feature comparison chart at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc149003.aspx

Upvotes: 2

Will Dean
Will Dean

Reputation: 39500

I don't think there are any plugins for Express versions of VS. Googling 'Jamie Cansdale' is the canonical reference for this issue.

Upvotes: 0

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