Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

How to Undo a Check-in
To undo the check-in of a file, use the Team Foundation Power Tools (TFPT) rollback
command to revert the file to the previous version. The rollback command enables you
to roll back an entire changeset at a time, but you can also select individual files from
within the changeset to roll back. This is useful if you need to undo a change to a file that
was mistakenly checked in, or where you want to undo the check-in because the changes
are causing serious integration build issues.
To undo a file check-in and revert to the previous version
1. Run the following command from a command window that includes the \program
files\microsoft team foundation server power tools folder in the path:
TFPT rollback filename.cs
Note: If you know the changeset number of the changeset containing the check-in
you want to undo, you can supply the changeset number on the command line as
follows:
TFPT rollback filename.cs /changeset:54
2. The rollback command needs to ensure that your local workspace is up to date.
Click Yes in response to the Roll Back Changeset message. At this point your
workspace is updated with files from the server.
3. If you did not specify a changeset number on the command line, the Find
Changeset dialog box is displayed. Enter search criteria, or simply click Find and
then locate and select the changeset that contains the check-in you want to undo, and
then click Roll Back.
4. The Roll Back Changeset dialog box is displayed .Because the changeset might
contain multiple check-ins, you should select the file for which you want to undo the
check-in and then click Roll Back.
Note: If you specified the filename on the command line, only this file in the
changeset will be selected.
When undoing check-ins by using the TFPT rollback command, you should be aware of
the following:
• Workspace location – TFPT locates workspaces as follows: If you specify a file path
as an argument to filter the rollback, the file paths are used to find the workspace. If
you do not specify file paths, the local directory is used to identify the workspace, if
the local directory is mapped. The simplest approach to ensure that the tool locates
the right workspace is to run the command from a locally mapped directory.
• Pending changes – You cannot roll back a changeset that contains pending changes.
If you attempt to do so, the tool reports an error. In this instance, you must move
pending changes to a shelveset and then undo or check in all pending changes before
running the rollback command.