In TFS, can I bind a file in another folder to a Project?

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I have a TFS project at $/src/main/MyProject/MyProject.csproj

It has a reference to a DLL at $/dependencies/dependency.dll.

The way I want things to work is that when my colleagues get MyProject, or open it in Visual Studio, I want TFS to go get the latest dependency.dll as well.

(In a similar way, I've actually bound MyProject to my solution in $/src/main/MySolution/MySolution.sln. So if a user gets MySolution and opens MySolution.sln then Visual Studio will go get MyProject as well. I just want to extend this to the next level, that of binding a file to a project.)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '15 at 02:37

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This is the perfect scenario to make use of NUGET and even though a little additional work, I would rather go this route :)

Now if you dont want to create the Nupkg etc, one easy way out is to make use of the VisualStudio Add link option.

"Add Link" is project specific and it will add a new entry to your project file specifying the location of your CS/Js/Dll etc file. As long as the file is available in the particular location TFS/VS will pull the latest copy of that file while opening the solution in VisualStudio. Make sure that the Add link creates a relative path to the file and not an absolute path.

ADD vs ADD link

answered Dec 17 '15 at 02:37

Isaiah4110

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Ah yes. I knew about add v. add link, but since it was a reference I didn't consider also adding the file as a link. This worked, thanks. – computational_linguist Dec 18 '15 at 23:19
Glad it worked! :) Please mark this as the answer, if it fixed your issue. – Isaiah4110 Dec 18 '15 at 23:55
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sorry, thought i already had, thanks for asking and thanks again for the help – computational_linguist Dec 20 '15 at 17:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 07:19

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Have you seen the recent announcement on package management for Team Services?

answered Dec 17 '15 at 07:19

Ewald Hofman

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In TFS, can I bind a file in another folder to a Project?

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