VSTS / TFVC cli for oracle developer

Question

I am an oracle database developer. My organization is using VSTS repos for code storage. For people who are working with Visual studio, it is easy to check in codes. But for Db people, we always have to check-in the code manually by dragging in.

is there any way to connect to vsts repos source control with oracle tool? We are using TFVC as our version control (and not GIT).

The first question here is, why is git not present? If there's a reason for that, it probably limits other tools too. — James Z, Jun 01 '20 at 17:08
@JamesZ I think project was created like that.. I saw and now trying to look for options that can fit there.. I know its very annoying to simply drag and drop files.. — Biswajit Buragohain, Jun 01 '20 at 17:41
Do you mean to say that the project uses TFVC insted of git? — James Z, Jun 01 '20 at 19:44
You should use tf command line instead of VSTS CLI or Azure DevOps CLI — PatrickLu-MSFT, Jun 05 '20 at 05:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '20 at 10:00

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According to your comment, seems you are using TFVC as your source control. Assuming you are working on windows platform, check in command should be the one you are looking for.

In the following examples, the %PathToIde% is usually on a path like this: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE, or on Windows x64: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE (depending on Visual Studio version and installation settings).

Example for get:
cd C:\TFS\Arquitectura

"%PathToIde%\TF.exe" get $/Arquitectura/Main /recursive
Example for checkout:
cd C:\TFS\Arquitectura

"%PathToIde%\TF.exe" checkout $/Arquitectura/Main /recursive
Example for checkin:
cd C:\TFS\Arquitectura

"%PathToIde%\TF.exe" checkin $/Arquitectura/Main /recursive
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If you are working on Linux, take a look at this blog-- Team Foundation Version Control and the Linux Command Line

answered Jun 03 '20 at 10:00

PatrickLu-MSFT

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do I need visual studios installed for using tf.exe ? or I can download it from somewhere ? I don't have visual studios installed – Biswajit Buragohain Jun 06 '20 at 07:32
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@BiswajitBuragohain Visual Studio is not necessary. You need to install **Team Explorer**, it's best to install the version of Team Explorer that matches the version of TFS you are using e.g. if you're using Azure DevOps 2019 then install Team Explorer 2019. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5503858/how-to-get-tf-exe-tfs-command-line-client – PatrickLu-MSFT Jun 08 '20 at 09:38
Hey @PatrickLu-MSFT thanks for your help. Really appreciate it. – Biswajit Buragohain Jun 12 '20 at 16:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '20 at 18:29

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Sounds like you should look at the TF.exe CLI. This CLI lets you pretty much do everything that you can in the VS GUI.

Here's a link to the Microsoft doc's for TF, Use Team Foundation version control commands

answered Jun 01 '20 at 18:29

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I tried VSTS cli and Azure Cli, didn't worked for me. I am still unable to perform push request – Biswajit Buragohain Jun 04 '20 at 06:48

VSTS / TFVC cli for oracle developer

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