Team Foundation Service Mandatory Comments on check in

Question

I'm using Microsoft's new Team Foundation Service, http://tfs.visualstudio.com/

I wanted to know whether it was possible to make comments mandatory on check-in, e.g. if I check-in a change without a comment an error will be thrown and my commit rejected.

Answer 1

In Visual Studio (2012).

• Open "Team Explorer".
• Select your "Team Project".
• Click "Settings".
• Under the "Team Project" heading click "Source Control".
• Select the "Check-in Policy" Tab.
• Click "Add..."
• Select "Changeset Comments Policy".

In Visual Studio 2010, you will have to install the Team Foundation Power Toys on all client machines - those without it installed will not be able to check in code.