When we compare local version with server version in Visual Studio, how to make the local version editable?

Asked Sep 16 '15 at 21:25

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I found that sometimes when I use "compare" in Visual Studio, I couldn't edit the local version at all. But sometimes it does allow this. Is there any setting in TFS that is related to this functionality?

The steps I followed: Right clicked the file in Solution Explorer I want to compare, and chose "Compare", with the dialog window popped out like this:

and cliked "OK"

I found several questions similar to my question, but amazingly all of them don't have even a relevant answer:

Visual Studio Diff Tool - When is Editing Allowed?

Under what conditions will the Visual Studio 2012 Difference Viewer allowing editing a source file

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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asked Sep 16 '15 at 21:25

strisunshine

Can you show how you're opening the compare dialog? Are you comparing with your *local file* or are you comparing with *your workspace version*? One is a local file, the other is a view of the file as it exists on the server at the version you retrieved locally. – Edward Thomson Sep 16 '15 at 22:50
@EdwardThomson I added the dialog, the target path is a local path, so it should be the local file, correct? : – strisunshine Sep 16 '15 at 23:35
Yes, that's true. Are you using a server workspace or a local workspace? – Edward Thomson Sep 17 '15 at 00:33
I'm using local workspace – strisunshine Sep 17 '15 at 01:28
Finally I found in my project's scenario, only javascript file can be edited, *.cshtml and *.cs file couldn't not be edited. – strisunshine Sep 17 '15 at 03:37

When we compare local version with server version in Visual Studio, how to make the local version editable?

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