Stop Visual studio Automatically select files in pending changes after registration using TFS

Question

I use the Pending Changes window in Visual Studio 2010 to manage my files and validate using TFS.

My problem is that I will often work on something, and the files will be checked and then transferred to something else, and then something else, etc .... I have many files at once .

When I do a checkin, even if its only 1 file visual studio automatically checks the checkbox next to all other files, so I need to go through and uncheck the files that I do not want for the next check.

Is there any way to disable this feature?

thanks

Answer 1

I do not think you can enable this feature. To better control this behavior, you have several options:

• Select the folder in which you have the files you want to register, and right-click for the menu and select from there to check for pending changes. This will select only the files in the folder / subfolders or project that you selected from the solution explorer.

• You can use the trick to deselect all files marked for registration in the pending changes window by selecting one file, press CTRL-A and uncheck.

Hope these tips give you a smoother registration experience. Also pay attention to Lars Truyens comment on not mixing changes. It will be very difficult to separate these checks so as not to break the assembly at some time.