Working with Source Control Files and Folders

This section describes how to view and manage source-controlled items to which you or another user have made changes and which have not been checked in yet.

In This Section

• How to: Add Non-Project or Non-Solution Files and Folders to Source Control
  Team Foundation source control lets you add items to the server that are not necessarily affiliated with a project or solution. An example is a file created by a third-party language that is independent of the Visual Studio solution.

• How to: Delete Files and Folders from Source Control
  Describes the procedures used to delete files and folders from the Team Foundation source control server.

• Working with Source Control Changesets
  Explains the purpose of changesets and how to use them in Team Foundation source control.

• Working with Source Control Shelvesets
  Explains the purpose of shelvesets and how to use them in Team Foundation source control.

• Working with Labels
  Explains the purpose of labels and how to use them in Team Foundation source control.

• Working with Source Control Locks
  Explains the purpose of locks and how to use them in Team Foundation source control.

• How to: Move, Rename, and Delete Source-Controlled Files and Folders
  Describes how to move, rename, and delete items from Team Foundation source control.

• How to: View Source Control File and Folder Properties
  Explains the steps used to view the properties associated with files and folders in Team Foundation source control.

• How to: Configure Source Control File Encoding
  Explains how to configure the file encoding scheme used with files stored in Team Foundation source control.

• How to: View and Manage All Pending Changes in Your Workspace
  Explains how to view and make decisions regarding all the pending check-in changes in a workspace.

• How to: View Pending Changes in Other Workspaces
  Explains how to view and make decisions regarding pending check-in changes in workspaces other than the one that you are currently working with.

• How to: Undo Pending Changes
  Explains the steps used to undo a pending change for changesets.

• Viewing Historical Data
  This section explains how to view historical data on files and folders in Team Foundation source control.

Reference

Team Foundation Source Control Command-Line Reference

Related Sections

• Getting a Local Copy of Files from the Source Control Server
  Provides information about getting source control files and folders for a team project associated with a local workspace.

• Working with Source Control Files and Folders
  Provides information about basic source control functionality such as checking in and out files, adding, renaming, moving and deleting files and folders, and working with shelvesets.

• Adding Projects and Solutions to Source Control
  Provides information about adding projects and solutions to Team Foundation source control.

• Team Foundation Source Control Walkthroughs
  Lists walkthroughs that explore using source control, customizing a source control check-in and using source control from the command line.

See Also

Concepts

Using Source Control Explorer

Other Resources

Working with Team Foundation Source Control
Understanding Source Control with Solution Explorer