Branching in TFS 2010 Part V (Sharing Code)

Branching in TFS 2010 Part V by John Varan

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Sharing Common Code Several Options • Share source code as projects • Manually copy assemblies • Branching

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Sharing Source Code • Multiple versions are too hard to manage • Allows access to source to all developers • Increases build times of all projects

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Manually Copying Assemblies • Multiple versions easier to manage • Restricts access to source code • Build times are not affected • No tracking or auditing

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Branching Assemblies • All advantages of manually copying • TFS provides tracking and auditing • TFS provides ability to rollback • Slightly more complicated (if new to branching)

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Setting it Up: • Need a “Deploy” folder in common library project • Built assembly goes in here for each release • This can be automated

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Folder Structure of Shared Library

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Automating the “Deploy” folder: • Post-build event to copy output assembly to “Deploy” folder • Existing assembly might be read- only • Pre-build event to check out assembly

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Pre-Build Event

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Post-Build Event

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Set Up of Referencing Application Needs a “Lib” folder. Two Options: • One for entire solution • One for each project

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Per Solution • Easier • No duplicates per project • Can only have one version per solution

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Per Project • Duplicates per project • Slightly more complicated • Can have different versions mixed in solution

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Sharing the Assembly • Pick a specific release branch • Open the “Deploy” folder • Branch the actual .dll file to another project’s “Lib” folder

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V Sharing the Assembly

Branching in TFS 2010: Part V End of Part V

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Branching in TFS 2010 Part V (Sharing Code)

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