I was running my test TFS server on an eval version of SQL server. I now have a full version, the eval ran out so I thought let's upgrade! Ha!
You can upgrade SQL server versions, but only if the original service is running. No good if your eval has expired! Started installing everything from new, but getting silly errors somewhere around the SPS set up. This is about the 4th time I've installed TFS and it's still a pig.
Meanwhile I thought it was about time I used CodePlex's TFS server with LizardTF to see how it works. There is now source code available from:
http://www.codeplex.com/lizardtf/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx
It is very bleeding edge at the moment as I settle in the new c++ shell extensions.
Playing with my source code in CodePlex made me make some optimisation work a high priority, and I also got a bit annoyed with the '_ltf' folders, a system copied from TortoiseSVNs '.svn' folders. I have now moved the meta data to it's own 'special' folder, thus keeping the actual working folders clear of Lizard meta data, allowing easier zipping, browsing etc etc. The metadata for each working folder is now stored in a special folder (configurable) using a hash of the working foldername to flatten the hierarchy. I have just written (borrowed from MSDN MD5 sample, and another Base64 sample) a c++ folder path hasher, that miraculously matches the one I wrote in c# using System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider and Convert.ToBase64. This allows the shell extensions to keep quiet unless metadata exists, leaving performance for browsing non-TFS folders unchanged. Browsing TFS working folders over the internet to CodePlex is a little slow (4-6 seconds for a folder with 30-40 files in it) but it is usable. I'll be thinking of how to allow customising the functionality for slow connections.
I think I've got the extensions pretty stable now, so will be looking to get a build out soon, Alpha 0.3.1, I guess.
May be then I can get on with some of the functionality I've meaning to do for over a year now....
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