How do I get latest from a Visual Studio solution from the command line?

Question

How do I get the latest version of my solution recursively like its done in the solution explorer context menu of Visual Studio? I want to do this from the command line or via a macro. I'm trying to automate a part of my daily routine by using a set of batch files. I am sure a lot of developers would love to have something like this.

tf get only gets contents of a folder recursively (not solution). It does not look at project dependencies and so on. That won't work.

Answer 1

TFS has a .Net SDK that allows you to create your own custom programs that interact with a TFS Server. You could write a small program that performs the task you need:

TeamFoundationServer tfs = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer("MyServer");
VersionControlServer vcs = (VersionControlServer)tfs.GetService(typeof(VersionControlServer));

WorkSpace[] myWorkSpaces = vcs.QueryWorkSpaces("MyWorkSpaceName", "MyLoginName", "MyComputer");

myWorkSpaces[0].Get(VersionSpec.Latest, GetOptions.GetAll);