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TheIronCheek
TheIronCheek

Reputation: 1139

Visual Studio/TFS - Is there a way to prompt when a new version is checked in?

I'm looking for a way to prompt a user when a new version of a project they're working on is checked in. I've gathered that there is a way to automatically Get Latest Version but it was removed from later versions of Visual Studio in part because it's considered bad practice.

What I would like to be able to do is prompt the user (rather than doing it automatically) with the option to Get Latest Version - or merge their work, probably - if the version they're working from is older than the newest checked in version. Is there a way to accomplish this?

I'm fairly certain there's no way to do this within Visual Studio (if I'm wrong in this, please let me know) but is there a way to write a script or something that uses something like the VS/TFS command line commands to perform the check and throw the prompt to the user?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 107

Answers (2)

Vicky - MSFT
Vicky - MSFT

Reputation: 5010

In TFS, you can work with alert systems to subscribe alerts when there is one new version for controlled files. Subscribers will have one email, and they will determine whether to get the newer version based on their requirement.

You can subscribe to get the alert with the Checkin alert category: enter image description here

Please check this MSDN article for the details on configuring TFS alerts: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181334.aspx

Upvotes: 1

MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood
MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood

Reputation: 23434

This is really a training issue. Every Developer should do a get latest before they start coding, and before they commit.

This is a basic practice and removes the need for complex customisations.

Upvotes: 2

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