How to download TFS shelveset

If you just need to get the files from the shelveset to your local folder, this is a normal process and called Unshelve. It downloads the files to your local folder. For example, before unshelve you had the following in your local folder: File 1 File 2 The shelveset has: File 1 (Modified) File 3 … Read more

How to view Shelved P4 Changes?

p4 describe -S 1234 should to the trick, see the documentation on describe. To see the file content you would unshelve the files into your workspace (assuming you have a workspace for the same project your colleague is working on). Create a new (empty) changelist with p4 change (results in e.g. 2345), then use p4 … Read more

What is the difference between pickle and shelve?

pickle is for serializing some object (or objects) as a single bytestream in a file. shelve builds on top of pickle and implements a serialization dictionary where objects are pickled, but associated with a key (some string), so you can load your shelved data file and access your pickled objects via keys. This could be … Read more

Can I unshelve to a different branch in tfs 2008?

The Visual Studio Power Tools should let you do this. C:\src\2\Merlin\Main>tfpt unshelve /? tfpt unshelve – Unshelve into workspace with pending changes Allows a shelveset to be unshelved into a workspace with pending changes. Merges content between local and shelved changes. Allows migration of shelved changes from one branch into another by rewriting server paths. … Read more

What is Shelving in TFS?

Shelving has many uses. The main ones are: Context Switching: Saving the work on your current task so you can switch to another high priority task. Say you’re working on a new feature, minding your own business, when your boss runs in and says “Ahhh! Bug Bug Bug!” and you have to drop your current … Read more

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