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TFS 2012 Version Tree - ClearCase?

Are there any tools in TFS 2012 that allow you to use ClearCase as a graphical version tree for a given file? Based on Googling and my experiments, it seems that the features of the version tree in TFS 2012 are all around change sets. In which branch a set of changes was created, where it was merged, etc. It is not granular enough. Many times a developer sees a piece of code in a file and wants to know where it comes from. The ClearCase version tree is perfect for this.

In TFS 2012 (and possibly 2010), you can view the history of a file on a branch (i.e. main), and it will in text mode display all changesets for this file and what merges are associated with. This is similar to the version tree in ClearCase, but in text form. Are there any third-party tools to convert this story into graphic form?

Thanks.

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No, there is no ClearCase version tree provided by Microsoft.

Visual Studio has two graphical re-viewing options.

  • Branch tree: right-click on a branch> Branches> View hierarchy

  • Track ChangeSet: right-click on a file or folder> View History> select a change set and right-click> Track ChangeSet

In addition, a paid (available for trial version) extension of the version tree is available for VS2012 and VS2013.

Check this link http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e0c5cd21-1371-4032-84f3-8a2be88e2875

It works like a ClearCase version tree and allows you to track change changes set throuh merges and a set of search changes by tags, etc.

Thanks, TFSExtensions.com

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You can use the good gitk tool in combination with X11 in cygwin and git-tf or git-tf (for example, this is not a 1-click solution).

In a sense, gitk is not as good as the clearcase version tree, you can, for example, not move and hide / show (parts) of the branch, but on the other hand, I like the instant built-in diff view it provides.

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