Integration of VSS with VS.NET | The Coffeehouse

bshankle
cogito ergo sum

First off let me say, I really like VS.NET and C#. I am getting 'real' work done with .NET and my team and I are happy on many levels.

But we are frequently frustrated with the integration of VSS. For example, try creating a class library in one project, and a web app in another project, and get them working in a solution and getting it all checked into source safe (without it creating .root and _1 named VSS projects which you don't want or need) and then adding a new developer to your team.

Or try renaming a project in VSS and checking it back in (and spending hours trying to figure out the crypting binding error messages and warnings)

Or try connecting to work thru VPN and suffering the slowness of VSS over the net.

Am I making my point? If not, email me offline and I'll give you more examples...

Will we ever see version control technology from MS that's based on a 'real' server and with real-world distributed teams? Or is it sort of a second-class citizen there in Redmond and we need to keep looking at things like SourceOffsite, or entirely different products, or should we just be content with VSS and suffer the sometimes frustrating integration with the dev tools we use.

What do Microsoft developers use day-to-day for version control? What do they use if the work from home?

-Bruce Shankle

JerryP
MiniMe

Hello, I guess VSS is fun to use if you develop on your own or a very small team, for bigger developments have a look at: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/offerings/scm.html
(Rational Clear Case)

eto
Snowboarding at Whistler. I love the snow!

Well, there's one very interesting source control provider I found (SourceGear Vault) that provides at least a FREE one-user license! It is built entirely with .NET, and is backed by a SQL Server or MSDE database.

I use it at home, as I do not want to pay oodles of cash for these things.

Check it out. www.sourcegear.com

It implements EVERYTHING that VSS does, minus the ability to check in/out files in the visual merge.

However, one thing that REALLY needs to be done with SCP integration, is supporting renaming of files/projects.. It really sucks when I want to move files to a different directory/sub-folder.. I do it locally, then must open VSS directly and move them as well.

Ahwell.

Jtb

Hi,

a "new" SourceSafe would be really great!

-> Very slow at fetching projecthistory
-> Databasehandling isn't very good: maximum size (3-5GB), always check for enough free diskspace, need to be analyzed very often (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvss/html/vssbest.asp)
-> Switching between online/offline is very slow (VS.Net)
-> VSS over VPN is very slow Sad
-> no Webclient
-> Not fully integrated into VS.Net (renaming files..)

manuj
I wanna work for MS!!

Or may be you can look at this freeware tool: http://subversion.tigris.org/

SloopJohnB
In my little town...

Regarding the renaming issues (VS.Net --> VSS), I use an VS.Net addin (SyncVSS), which handles all that for me. Works like a charm.

http://www.thecreeksidegroup.com

John Barone

Aardvark

Oh well if we're name-dropping SCM systems:

http://www.perforce.com

jonathanh
My mod color is red

bshankle, I've started up a ProductFeedback wiki page just for Visual Studio, and populated it with some of your comments - please expand on them (or delete them, if you don't want them preserved for posterity and/or our devs!) as you see fit. Read more about it here.