Kovair DevOps and TFS Integration Plugin

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TFS Plugin Details

Plugin Version: 1.0.1 Last Update on: December 20, 2019

Overview

Team Foundation Server (commonly abbreviated to TFS) is a Microsoft product that provides source code management (either with Team Foundation Version Control or Git), reporting, requirements management, project management (for both agile software development and waterfall teams), automated builds, lab management, testing and release management capabilities. It covers the entire application lifecycle, and enables DevOps capabilities. TFS can be used as a back-end to numerous integrated development environments (IDEs) but is tailored for Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse on all platforms.

TFS Information:

More information can be found at TFS.

Version Supported:

   This plugin was developed and tested against version present on TFS 2019

Plugin Operation:

  1. CheckOutCode
Input parameter(s):
Parameter Is Mandatory Help Text
tf.exe Directory path true Installed TFS Path, Note: If this is invalid the file download will be stucked Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\tf.exe
Mapped Workspace Directory true Mapped path with TFS. If no workspace is mapped with the given path the files won’t download Ex : C:/Demo
All false You can use this option to restore an item that you have accidentally deleted from a server workspace. (This is the command-line ‘/all’ option
Overwrite false

By default, the system does not retrieve an item if it is writable

that is, if its read-only attribute is cleared) on the client machine.

This option overrides the default behavior and overwrites a writable item, unless the item is checked out. (This is the command-line ‘/overwrite’ option)
Force false Combines /all and /overwrite. (This is the command-line ‘/force’ option)
Recursive false Recursively gets items in the specified directory and any subdirectories. (This is the command-line ‘/recursive’ option)
Output parameter(s):
Parameter Help Text
FilePath Filepath where the files are been downloaded.
IsFilesPresent Is download Successfull.
TFSStatus Final CheckOutCode job status.
Pass/Fail Condition:
Status Condition
Passed All Path should be valid. Downloaded file should be physically present in the path provided in configuration
Failed Outputlog should contain ‘Unable to determine the workspace’.
  1. IsMappingExist
Input parameter(s):
Parameter Is Mandatory Help Text
tf.exe Directory path true Installed TFS Path, Note: If this is invalid the file download will be stucked Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\tf.exe
Mapped Workspace Directory true Mapped path with TFS. If no workspace is mapped with the given path the files won’t download
Workspace Name true Check the Workpspace whether path is mapped or notworkspace. (This is the command-line ‘/all’ option
Output parameter(s):
Parameter Help Text
FilePath Filepath where the files are been downloaded.
WorkspaceName Name of the workspace
TFSStatus Final IsMappingExist job status.
Pass/Fail Condition:
Status Condition
Passed Outputlog should contain ‘Mapped Workspace Directory’.
Failed Outputlog should contain ‘does not exist’ or ‘Mapped Workspace Directory’ not found.
  1. CreateAndMapWorkspace
Input parameter(s):
Parameter Is Mandatory Help Text
tf.exe Directory path true Installed TFS Path, Note: If this is invalid the file download will be stucked Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\tf.exe
Mapped Workspace Directory true Mapped path with TFS. If no workspace is mapped with the given path the files won’t download
Root Directory true Check the Workpspace whether path is mapped or not. (This is the command-line ‘/all’ option
TFS URL true The URL of Team Foundation Server i.e.http://<domain>:<port>/tfs
Source Control Folder true The path that will be mapped with local folder
Workspace Name true Name of the Workspace
Output parameter(s):
Parameter Help Text
FilePath Filepath where the files are been downloaded.
WorkspaceName Name of the workspace
TFSStatus Final CreateAndMapWorkspace job status.
Pass/Fail Condition:
Status Condition
Passed If the outputlog is empty.
Failed Outputlog should contain ‘is already mapped in workspace’ or or ‘already exists on computer’
  1. DeleteWorkspace
Input parameter(s):
Parameter Is Mandatory Help Text
tf.exe Directory path true Installed TFS Path, Note: If this is invalid the file download will be stucked Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\tf.exe
Workspace Name true Name of the Workspace
Output parameter(s):
Parameter Help Text
WorkspaceName Is Delete Successfull.
TFSStatus Final DeleteWorkspace job status.
Pass/Fail Condition:
Status Condition
Passed If the outputlog is empty.
Failed Outputlog should contain ‘does not exist.’

Disclaimers:

  1. Conflicts cannot be handle using this plugin.

Release Details:

TFS: 1.0.1 Initial version with basic functionalities

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