Undo changes in another user's workspace

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Occasionally a team member is blocked from checking in a file that someone else has locked. You can use Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) commands in this situation:

• To delete pending changes in another user's workspace, use the tf undo command.
• To remove an exclusive lock on a file but not the pending changes, use the tf lock command. For more information, see Lock command.
• To delete another user's workspace, use the tf workspace command. For more information, see Remove a workspace.

Prerequisites

Category	Requirements
Permissions	Administer workspaces permission set to Allow.

For more information, see Default TFVC permissions.

Undo the changes in another user's workspace

1. Open Developer Command Prompt for your version of Visual Studio.

2. Enter the following command at the command prompt. Replace the arguments with values that are appropriate for your needs.

   tf undo /workspace:<other-user-workspace>;<other-user> $/<project-path>/<file-name> /collection:<team-project-collection-url>

   For example, you might enter the following command:

   tf undo /workspace:OtherUserWorkspace;OtherUser $/TeamProject/MyFile.cs /collection:https://YourTFSServer:8080/tfs/YourCollection

For more information, see Undo command.

Related articles

• Create and work with workspaces
• Use the Check In and Pending Changes windows
• Work with version control locks