CODEWITHSUNDEEP
tfsvisual-studio-2019
twirk hacked
twirk hacked

Reputation: 19

A non version controlled file or writable file by the same name already exists locally

Trying to get latest version of the project and tfs and always get te same warning without the way of resolving conflict: When i click the file to resolve it gives me no options to choose

Is there any way to get this around without resorting to cloning whole solution again? Thanks for help in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2930

Answers (1)

PatrickLu-MSFT
PatrickLu-MSFT

Reputation: 51093

For this kind error usually due to the file is writable. Take a look at @Buck Hodges (Director of Engineering at Microsoft)'s reply in this case:

The file is writable. When there's a writable file, get will not overwrite it unless the /overwrite option is used. However, you would need to figure out how the file is becoming writable. You may want to go back to the default option of creating a new workspace, and see what is making the file writable.

By default, the system does not retrieve an item if it is writable (that is, if its read-only attribute is cleared) on the client machine. This option overrides the default behavior and overwrites a writable item, unless the item is checked out.

Instead get files directly through Visual Studio. You could try to get files through tf get command line and with /overwrite option. This should do the trick.

Upvotes: 1

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