Creating a patch with TFS

Question

Creating a patch is very simple in SubVersion, with Tortoise you right-click and select Create Patch. But for my life I can not find this functionality in TFS. Is it possible?

If not, what is the standard way to send patches in open source TFS projects (a la CodePlex)?

Answer 1

tf diff /shelveset:shelveset /format:unified 

Edit: This is written to standard output. You can transfer the output to a file.

For more options, see Difference Command .

Answer 2

Codeplex uses its own client to create patches. See: http://www.codeplex.com/CodePlexClient/Wiki/View.aspx?title=HowToContribute&referringTitle=Home

Answer 3

Since TFS does not support patch files, the most common thing I see people do on CodePlex is simply zip up the modified files and download the zip. The project coordinator then makes a distinction with their own review.

However, since CodePlex also supports TortoiseSVN, more and more people are using this to create their patch files.

Answer 4

I wrote a blog post about a similar problem in which I used the TF.exe and 7Zip commands to create a TFS patch file , which is then applied to another TFS server or workspace. I posted Powershell scripts on Github , which you can use to modify any pending changes on one workspace, and then apply them to another server. It will need to be changed to use a set of changes instead of pending changes, but this should not be too complicated.