TFS vs FogBugz Kiln [closed]

Question

What are the issues we may face if we move from TFS to Fogbugz Kiln?

currently we are using TFS for source control, we are looking at the option to move to Kiln.

we are completely Microsoft development tools based company since we use Visual Studio .net, SQL server, TFS, Windows servers etc..

the reason for move it seems are:

1. better code review tools in kiln
2. better branch merge management.

has anyone already done this? does anyone know issues when we use visual studio with Kiln?

Answer 1

I cannot answer your question completely, as I don't use (and have never used) TFS. However, my employer uses StarTeam which is pretty typical as far as source code control.

For me moving from a traditional SCC method of check out/check in, to a distributed model was the first mental hurdle. To get over that hurdle I found that the tutorial at http://hginit.com/ was helpful.

As far as using Kiln for with VS, I use both the Kiln client (essentially TortoiseHg) and a plugin for VS 2010. I can commit, pull, push, etc. from both the Windows Explorer and from Visual Studio. I have had no issues, other than learning mercurial and how distributed version control works.

As far as other issues, the only ones I can think of are updating any build server or continuous integration servers to pull from the appropriate repositories.