Automatically Check In File On Save In Visual Source Safe

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Is it possible to automatically check a file into Visual Source Safe after the local (working) copy had been changed? Our current process involves editing our code on Windows computer that are running VSS Explorer and after a check in VSS shadow copies the files to the devel Linux server. We're spending a lot of time manually checking the file back in through VSS and would like to just have it push every time we save the files.

Thanks,

I don't think VSS supports automatic check-in. – Windy Sep 05 '12 at 05:09 — Windy, Sep 05 '12 at 05:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '12 at 15:28

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Why not write a small app that monitors the folder for updated files, and when they are updated, open your VSS connection and checkin to VSS via a specified or hardcoded path? Just an idea though. I believe you can use something such as FileSystemWatcher. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filesystemwatcher.aspx

answered Sep 19 '12 at 15:28

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Thanks for the suggestion but I was hoping for something that's already written. :-) – Scott Keck-Warren Sep 20 '12 at 17:36

Automatically Check In File On Save In Visual Source Safe

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