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How to determine folder vs branch with tf command?
I have this example where FolderA had sub FolderB and they were both folders, until I branched FolderB to FolderB-branch. Then both sub folder turned into branches. How can I use tf command to ...
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TFS 2012 Discussion Users
Where can I find in the TFS database the user that entered a discussion item as shown here? I've found where the discussion items are on the WorkItemLongTexts table, and I see where the user data is ...
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Angular CLI 10 ng build --prod emits empty lines
When building angular app using CLI if we use ng build --prod it will emit 2 empty lines, and if I remove --prod , these empty lines are gone. On my dev environment, it's very minor but when I am ...
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Team Foundation Data Migration from TFS2010/SQL Server 2008R2 to TFS2012/SQL Server 2012 server
TFS2010/SQL Server 2008 R2 standalone hardware has crashed. I have the windows backups for the machine. Can I migrate these databases directly to a new TFS2012/SQL Server 2012 setup? This would save ...
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How do I categorize a bug as something else than bug in TFS 2012?
What is the simplest way in TFS 2012 to classify a bug as something different than "bug", such as Enhancement or Change Request or Feature. In mantis there is a category field that can be ...
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Tfs 2012 on premises maven build process
I have configured tfs 2012 build server with the help of MSDN link. But I am missing a step on installing tfs build extension. Reason I am unable to find a link to download the tfs 2012 build ...
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Branching for a Patch in Team Foundation Server 2012
I'll preface this question with the statement that we are likely using TFS incorrectly based on some early misunderstandings on how TFS works, versus how GIT works. Background: We have a main branch ...
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pre build script path and pre build script arguments
Where can I set pre-build script path and pre-build script arguments for build process template in TFS 2012? I found these options in TFS 2013 as shown in the image:
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TFS2012 only nightly Deployment with MSBuild
We have configured TFS for Continuous Integration so that whenever the developer checks in, the build is triggered. I know we can use MSWebDeploy to deploy the application to IIS. But what I want is ...
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TFS 2012 Orphan users
Over the past 18 months, we've had 85 TFS users leave the company. 8 persist to show as both [TEAM FOUNDATION]\Team Foundation Valid Users & [Collection]\Project Collection Valid Users although ...
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cannot delete builds in tfs 2012
I am trying to delete some build definitions for a specific range of time by using tfsbuild delete command. After waiting for about 3 hours I get the error message: Unexpected end of file. Following ...
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Track Bugs as task on TFS 2012 project dashboard
I follow this article to add bugs to task board on TFS. It works. But the problem is that the initial state of created bug is "Active", I want it to be in "New" State, so I modify ...
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TFS Upgrade from 2008 to 2012 - Changes Checked Out but staff on leave
We are currently upgrading our team foundation server from 2008 to 2012 and have come across following issues: There are staff on leave who have changes checked out to them. If we do, force undo ...
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create user in team foundation server 2012
Is there a way to create users in team foundation not using windows users? what I understand users who can access the team project is those whose account is created in windows( I am using windows ...
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How can I limit TFS Product Backlog Items from moving to done based on passed Test Cases?
In TFS2012, I am looking for a way to gate the movement of a Product Backlog Item from "Committed" to "Done" based on if there are any passed Test Cases attached to the PBI. I do not want it to go to ...