How To Create Label In Tfs

How to apply Labels?-Get Labeled Versions

July 9, 2011

How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

1. Open the Source Control Explorer

2. Goto File – Source Control – Label – Find Label…

3. In the Find Label Dialog box click on Find to view the list of the Labels.

4. Double click on any label, it displays the Label Window

5. In the Label Window Right mouse click on Folder and Click Get this Version

6. In the Select Workspace Window select the Workspace and click OK

7. If the selected Workspace does not have any Mapped folders it displays the Map Folders dialog. Create a Map to download the contents

Instead of this lengthy steps you can complete this task using the Get Specific Version, Select the Label option and Find the Labels and click on Get

How to apply Labels?-View Labels for Files/Folders

July 9, 2011

tirubhaskar How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

Using the History Window you can view the Labels applied for a particular file or Folder. Here are the steps:

1. Open the Source Control Explorer

2. Click on History after selecting the File or Folder

3. Goto the Label Tab in the History Window, the applied Labels for the File or Folder are displayed

4. Double clicking on any one Label gets the appropriate version to the Workspace

How to apply Labels?-Delete Labels

July 9, 2011

tirubhaskar How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

1. Open the Source Control Explorer

2. Goto File – Source Control – Label – Find Label…

3. In the Find Label Dialog box click on Find to view the list of the Labels.

4. Select a Label and Click on Delete, and click on Ok to Delete the Label.

How to apply Labels?-Edit Labels

July 9, 2011

tirubhaskar How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

1. Open the Source Control Explorer

2. Goto File – Source Control – Label – Find Label…

3. In the Find Label Dialog box click on Find to view the list of the Labels.

4. Select a Label and Click on Edit…

5. A tab window is displayed, here you can add new items to the Label or remove the items from the Label

6. To Add an Item click on Add Item, and to remove an item select the item from the list and click on the Delete icon.

How to apply Labels?-Find Labels

July 9, 2011

tirubhaskar How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

Here are the steps for finding the labels.

1. Open the Source Control Explorer

2. Goto File – Source Control – Label – Find Label…

3. In the Find Label Dialog box click on Find to view the list of the Labels.

How to apply Labels?

July 9, 2011

tirubhaskar How to apply Labels? Team Foundation Server Version Control, TFS

We can apply labels to Folders, Files, ChangeSets, based on Date etc. It is very similar to applying labels in ClearCase. Typically it is taking a snapshot of set of files, so that you can build, view, or rollback changes.

The easiest way to apply label to any file or folder is to right mouse click and click on Apply Label…, here are the steps:

1. Open the source Control Explorer

2. Right mouse click on the Folder and Click Apply Label..

3. In the New Label Dialog box give a proper label and select whether you want to apply this label to the Latest Version, ChangeSet etc, and click on Create.