Can I configure a visual difference view with the notifications provided by TFS?

Question

I have TFS sending me alerts whenever someone on my team checks in code. (I had to create notification rules for every project, but that's just a sidebar complaint in this question.)

These alerts provided some information on who checked in the files when, and what files have changed, with urls to view details in a browser. The thing that baffles me is that I can't just click on the source file and see a visual diff of the changes. There's no link that will auto-launch a diff in Visual Studio (using a custom protocol) from there either.

Is there a way to configure TFS to provide a visual diff of the changes to the file that was checked in via this notification UI?

Answer 1

TFSSpam might be a solution - it sends notification emails when changesets come in with a graphical diff in the body of the email.