TFS – List out all changes between 2 dates

List out all changes between 2 dates

1. Need to use “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\tf.exe”; Run it from command prompt.

Command:  “tf history -noprompt -server:<tfs server> <Project Path> -version:<Date1>Z~<Date2>Z -recursive -format:detailed -login:<UserName>,<Password> > c:\checkedout.txt”

Ex: tf history -noprompt -server:http://mytfs-server:8080 $/MyProject/Release/Dev2 -version:D2010-11-01T01:01:01Z~D2010-12-20T20:00:00Z -recursive -format:detailed -login:crm\pradeep,password > c:\checkedout.txt

TFS – List out all checkout files

Some times you may need to listed out all the checkedout files in an TFS project. This is very frequent task in my project. There is a command line tool available for to do this.

1. Need to use “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\tf.exe”; Run it from command prompt.
2. Command:  “tf.exe status $/MyProject/Release/Dev2 /login:crm\pradeep,xxxx /user:* /s:http://mytfs-server:8080 /recursive > c:\checkedout.txt”

   Project name = $/MyProject/Release/Dev2
   User Name = crm\pradeep
   Password = xxxx (replace with your password)
   Users = * (/user:*, consider all users)
   TFS Server = http://mytfs-server:8080
   Output = c:\checkedout.txt

3. References:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9s5ae285.aspx
   http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/2008/01/28/listing-checked-out-files-in-team-system-tfs/
4. To avoid manual work in executing this from command prompt, create a batch file. Below is the batch file, and just click on it. (Need to change your password)@echo off
   echo *** LIST OF CHECKED-OUT FILES FROM A TFS SERVER ***CD C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE

   tf.exe status $/MyProject/Development  /login:crm\pradeep,password /user:* /s:http://comrcn01clademo:8080 /recursive > c:\checkedout.txt

   REM for specific User
   REM tf.exe status $/MyProject/Development /login:crm\pradeep,password /user:crm\pradeep /s:http://mytfs-server:8080 /recursive > c:\checkedout.txt

   START c:\checkedout.txt
   echo *** Completed ***
   REM pause

5. If you are using VS 2010, TFS 2010… try TFS Power Tools