How to browse and view files stored in a Team Foundation Server without using Visual Studio

Question

I'm looking for a tool to browse and view files stored within a Team Foundation Server without using Visual Studio. As I'm doing most development on a virtual machine, it's very annoying to wake it up only to have a look on a certain file.

So is there a way to browse a TFS without Visual Studio?

Answer 1

The TFS Power Tools now have Windows Shell Extensions, so you manipulate source control files using only Windows explorer. Your solution could be to just keep a working copy of the solution and then you do whatever manipulations you need to using Windows Explorer.

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Answer 2

I use emacs and the TFS module for it.
A couple keystrokes retrieves a file from the server.

The tfs mode is built on tf.exe, the team foundation command-line client powertool.

Of course, you could use tf.exe by itself, or with an alternative editor, like notepad++.

Answer 3

You can use the TFS Web Access (most likely at your tfs server, http, port 8090 (http://server:8090/)