Video: How Do I: Use the TF Destroy Command in Visual Studio Team System 2008?

Presented:Richard Hundhausen

In this how-to video, we will look at using the TF Destroy command, found in Visual Studio Team System 2008 to permanently delete artifacts out of Team Foundation Version Control.

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Go but it was returned thousands of a principal consultant with accents in Mike s original director and the Visual Studio team system and BP paid in this how to video rented a look at the tea of destroyed command found this routine system 2008 refuses to permanently delete artifacts of team foundation version control pill in previous versions of team foundation server within a happy ability to permanently artifacts sure there was believed to have been religious his file or folder that you change your mind at a political back to it later like a recycle bin at capability is still available at so called elite law about to show you and tell you about is called destroy a much more powerful and final command will take a look here I am with it which works team project rushing to go inherent great new Visual Basic project and local cool library where the

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Version control and you can just enter class one spice was at another file to this cold extra in the check of created these cool and Lynch at the end of her work first and close the solution to our excellent go to source control and just make sure that we re refreshed or take a look at the files or folders and procedures are extra file that we might be inclined to do is just a right click delete this and check in at pending change

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Is an editor for him to do what it is you now to the casual observer is what I thought was going to practice their flags and hidden from sight to tools auctions there she goes source control specifically the Visual Studio team foundation server work until it showed looted items and source controls for and guess what it s back because it was really deleted all of which is hidden from our site which is nice because we can change her mind and I believe the file is a pending change the contract is in comments news groups can come up in its back and it s no longer the deleted this is great for for most of what you re injured in a doubt this is probably the level delete it like to have something you can change her mind on its available here from user or

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Place for those times when you really want that file to the way I can think of a few examples of the forums you can read about these where you delete a file go back in print or file with the same name they want with them to the first fall in the catechism inclusion also heard about some weird behavior with merging files when one of the change sets for a merge targets are actually has deleted files and so there s some instances where you actually want the file to be deleted permanently as actually drop the command line and use the TF destroy command before you rush into a properties on this file and bring up the style on here because ready to have access to the server and the TF destroy command only works against server paths local file path in your workspace not not relevant from a good way and window the shortcut you are my quick launch bar but what you can do is to start programs

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And he got the Visual Studio tools installed you should bring up one of the command prompt here with the path already set up with these tools and handles to say to you This is a nice improvement here were able to actually look at the help for TF command right here in the command window without having to pop open in MSDN help and wait for it to load switching seed that factors of TF destroyed from the safety of destroy And look at the syntax can have some understanding of the version specs talk about those just a moment while he was trying_the screeners have room to work and let s say to you if destroy and or screen adventure Works library school library

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Extra for you as it is to delete a file ISO or if the custody of a folder for example which may contain subfolders and files and folders we can choose all the little children as well on your big fan of believing everything here and below of the most file is having children in this case gesture or would do the same thing in fact it does destroy that extra about the be file is to confirm a comeback here at Castle and monsters refresh this in fact you can see the extra the default is what most to look at some other commands are available of the switches with the TF destroy can see

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See there is a keep history option which is good because you might want to destroy the copy entire file of all the history of it is the range of change that s so from change that acts a change that why leaving the versions why an end forward in their given that history is one of the basically a range of changes to preserve disk space or disorderly athletes in history than one Cuban born sick and use a combination of the keep history and the stock got switched to keep the range of information or also there s a stark cleanup switch which is nice because that will tell on team foundation version control start to garbage collection Runaway normally if you don t you start cleanup on the lead for destroy operations or pending of us as for the cleanup of actual data database itself until the Sunday these minutes drop rhymes and that s a default to run once per day

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What s has not made to destroy option available is either source controls were soaked in blood only option for right now on something else as you can only use server file specs because able to destroy files locally would mean enough to do a dependent operation objective in they want to remove the ambiguity in and making more absolutes suicide note I m interested in team system 2008 when you execute TFS delete project it will now probably destroy all version control artifacts as well simply really means to be a white interest of thousand of a principal consultant with except in a Microsoft regional Director and Visual Studio team system MVP and

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