Questions tagged [shelveset]

TFS Shelvesets are a way to store changes that aren't ready to be checked in yet, such as for saving progress before switching to another project.

Shelvesets in are a way to store changes that aren't ready to be checked in yet, such as for saving progress before switching to another project.

See Microsoft's official documentation of Shelvesets for more info.

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How do I find my shelved changes in tfs Visual Studio 2008?

I am new to TFS, and I have shelved some changes of my code, however now I need to get those changes and continue working on my project. How can I find my shelveset on VS2008 (this is the version of vs that I have to use for my project) and how can…
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How can we fetch the shelveset name during Gated check-in and assign it to a variable in tfs build task

We have a mapped workspace where each project is having multiple references to other projects. On the same workspace, we perform our whole product build nightly. When we enable gated check-in for individual projects, its creating a new workspace and…
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How to export TFS Shelveset comments to text or excel

Can we export code review comments in a TFS Shelveset to an excel or any Text file. I have attached this image. The comment in Red circle needs to be exported to excel or any Text file. Reason- For audit purpose, need to track review comments being…
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Investigate about vanished shelveset

As stated in the title, in the last few day i lost a shelveset. I successfully archived it friday, and then was unable to find it the next monday. It litterally vanished. Now i'm tring to find a way to retrieve it, or if it's not possible, at least…
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How to find conflict between a shelveset and a branch in Azure Devops

A shelveset I've created has conflicts with a branch. I'm able to see the shelveset on Azure Devops, on a link like http://blah:8080/tfs/blah2/blah3/_versionControl/shelveset?ss=blah4%3BCORP%5Cblah5 , but I can't see how to visualize what conflicts…
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How to shelve\save my pending changes in VS 2017 without being connected to TFS

I changes to the code but I disconnected from the TFS. I want to connect to TFS but I am worried that my pending changes will disappear. I know that shelve is great way to save your work but I can't because as I said I am disconnected from the…
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how the build defintion unshelve the given shelveset during build process

I want to understand the process how the build definition unshelve selected shelveset and build the code in TFS2013. It will check whether the shelveset source code is mapped by build in the workspace, if so it will unshelve them. i want to know how…
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TFS Java SDK - shelving file that already exists on the repository

I have an application that is uploading a translation to the TFVC repository. We have added two modes of update, check in and shelve. Shelving was supposed to create a file on a shelveset, but we have discovered, that once the same file exists on…
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How to find a Shelveset using information provided by a CodeReviewRequest

If I have the name and the owner of the Shelveset, I can find it successfully using the following code: foreach (Shelveset shelveset in versionControlServer.QueryShelvesets(workItem. Fields["Associated Context"].Value.ToString(),…
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create shelveset automatically in visual studio or using command prompt

I am wondering if there is anyway to create shelvesets (backup) automatically (e.g. every 1 hr) from open solutions from different workspaces in visual studio?
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How can I do something like "tf.exe shelveset " from VS2010 command prompt?

I am using Visual Studio 2010, connected to Team Foundation Server. The following command works for change sets: tf changeset 12345 What is the equivalent command that works with a shelve set?
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The shelveset could not be unshelved

I'm using TFS 2013 to build an MVC application and while trying to do a check-in, sometimes, this error occurs. This only happens when it's configured to do a Gated Check-in and when I turn it off, it just works, but sooner or later it comes back…
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Multiple developers working in one shelveset

I want to ask if it is possible and how, to work in one shelveset for multiple developers. We have to refactor lot of code but also maintain old version. We are deciding to use tfs shelvesets for this. I´m curious if it is possible that for example…
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How to prevent TFS from deleting shelvesets that were checked in via a queued build?

Checking in shelvesets is a nice feature of the build system in TFS, but the shelveset is deleted after the build finishes. Is there a way to change this behavior so that the shelveset is preserved? I use the build+check in shelveset feature all the…
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TFS Build Definition to shelveset files already present in a mapped directory

I am currently working in TFS 2013 and am trying to implement a part of build definition where it would create a Shelveset from jars or other files that are already present in the VM's directory.The problem is that in order to do an add there has to…
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