tfs git, retrieving old ssis version from tfs git

Question

We had an unusual circumstance and we may need to get some prior versions of ssis packages back from tfs git. Is there a way to do that? With microsoft only tfs I would see old versions. With VS 2017 Enterprise and a fairly current TFS GIT all we get is a file manager to view the branch and make changes. I was thinking, with branches, there might not be a way to access versions that were created outside that branch. But in this case the version of the package when the branch was created would be adequate. Is there a way to retrieve old versions of SSIS packages with TFS GIT?

Answer 1

You can retrieve the old version in the commit history from the View History in the Actions menu on Visual studio.

Then select a commit history and right click, select New Branch to retrieve the old version into a new branch.

You can also use git commands to roll back to an old commit.

run git hist to list the commits history. And select the commit you want to retrieve.

run git checkout -b new-branch-name <commit-hash> to checkout the old version into a new branch.

See this thread for more information.