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Since the connection with the TFS server at my office is not stable, I often work with the codes in offline mode (here's how to work offline quickly).

The regular problem I get after the system goes online is the merging step which makes me stumble around the codes to get the codes online. I don't understand why the same problem doesn't happen when I work online from the beginning!

So, my question is what are the problems when working offline with TFS? And their solutions/notices to get back to online codes?

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Nam G VU
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    Dou you work disconnected (totally removing all SC bindings) or use the 'Temporarily work offline' option in such a case? In case of the first option it's no surprise that you have increased merging effort - you definitely shouldn't go this way. – Thomas Weller Nov 08 '10 at 05:57

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If you want to insure that you will not have to merge, you can check out a file or files with the lock option. This does not allow anyone to either check in or check-out on that particular file while you have it locked.

Understand that this could hamper productivity with fellow workers if they need to edit that same file.

Documentation is here.

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