CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010
Jeeva Subburaj
Jeeva Subburaj

Reputation: 1921

TFS - Checkout File from Outside Visual Studio - Offline Mode

i have used TF.exe (Team Foundation Client) to checkout files from outside with the following command.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/noahc/archive/2007/01/22/real-tfs-command-line-help.aspx

tf checkout $project/filename

but, i need to checkout from outside when TFS server is also not reachable. In visual studio, it prompts us to work offline and then later on, it sync automatically with the changes into server when it goes online. How do i acheive the same from tf.exe or any other way to do it.

PS: i do have real requirement of editing some files which is not belongs solution files which gets modified from outside of visual studio. as of now,i am using tf checkout method to checkout the file from outside. but, this require connection TFS server all the time.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1909

Answers (1)

TToni
TToni

Reputation: 9391

You can't do this with the command-line tools, because the offline mode is a feature of Visual Studio, not of TFS.

The tools always work directly with the TFS, so it must be online and reachable at that time.

Amendment regarding your P.S.: What Visual Studio does in Offline mode is just setting the local files to writable and "remembering" with which files it did that. Then, on going online again, it checks for any changes in the meantime. If there were any, it starts a merge process, if there weren't, it checks out the file without getting it.

There's no reason why you couldn't do this same process by hand, it's just more comfortable through VS.

BTW: Why not have a Solution for this "dangling files"? Just create an emtpy solution and add them as Solution Items. This way you can use the VS offline mode.

Upvotes: 2

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