VIsual Studio 2015–Git Amend–Commit
This post is written for those going from TFS Version Control to Git, and is an introduction to a smart improvement in Visual Studio 2015 – Commit Amend. Command Line Continue Reading →
Test Data Retention policy added in TFS update 1
There has been an issue with growing databases due to test data and test attachments not being deleted. I have an earlier blogpost ( also here) on how to fix Continue Reading →
How to fix Visual studio loading errors, using IFix
Visual Studio is normally a very stable environment, but some times it might crash on you. This might happen if you either install some new extension, or even if you Continue Reading →
Visual Studio 2015 and NUnit, with a little NuGet issue
NUGET The current version 1.2 of the NuGet adapters for NUnit works with the VS 2015 Preview (and earlier CTPs). You can find them here: http://www.nuget.org/packages/NUnitTestAdapter/ and with framework: http://www.nuget.org/packages/NUnitTestAdapter.WithFramework/ Continue Reading →
Visual Studio & TFS 2013 – List of extensions and tools (Part 2)
Go to Part 1 – List of Product Updates for information on Visual Studio and TFS 2013 updates Looking for the VS 2012 product updates and extensions ? Go to Continue Reading →
Visual Studio Build fails with MSB4086 after NuGet Update-packages command
I just got into some strange errors after I had done a NuGet update-packages of some package. The build of the solution after the update failed with a strange error Continue Reading →
Visual Studio and TFS 2013 List of Product Updates (Part 1)
Looking for List of VS 2013 Extensions (Part 2) Updated Oct 17th 2014: Visual Studio and TFS 2013 Update 4 RC Looking for the VS 2012 product info and extensions? Go Continue Reading →
GitIgnore–How to exclude Nuget packages at any level, and make re-include work
The .gitignore file contains rules for what files and folders to exclude from git source control. When you use NuGet you don’t want the binaries retrieved by NuGet to be Continue Reading →
Fixing up Visual Studio’s gitignore , using IFix
Download tool Updated 3.July 2014: Corrected pattern for NuGet, details in this blogpost. (IFix is in progress to be updated too, version 1.1 will have these fixes) Is there anything Continue Reading →
Converting projects to use Automatic NuGet restore, using IFix
Download tool In version 2.7 of NuGet automatic nuget restore was introduced, meaning you no longer need to distort your msbuild project files with nuget target information. Visual Studio and Continue Reading →