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CodeGen is cumbersome with tfs

Posted by jonathan - 28/01/10 at 11:01:12 am

Spent the better part of the morning trying to figure out how to setup a project which is using codesmith for codegen and tfs for source control.

Because tfs grew out of the VSS source control line where exclusive locking was the norm, the checkout command allows you set locking methodologies. Read about tfs source control lock types here if you want more info. Unfortunately, tfs also seems to use the “read-only” attribute to manage change tracking.

I have yet to uncover the logic or inner workings of this, but in a codegened system it presents a problem. There is contention between tfs needing something set as read-only, but codegen tools needing the file to be writable. Maybe I’m missing something, but I might need post ad pre and post build steps to handle the competing agendas of these tools.

Best one-liner about Apple’s tablet

Posted by jonathan - 27/01/10 at 06:01:52 pm

iPad for the bleeding in your iPants.

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