If you are working with Team System and it’s Source Control… maybe you will come across a situation in which you work on your office computer and in the middle of work it just burns down with your files checked out.

We’ve had this situation last week and my colleague to which this had happended planned to continue working on another computer in the office… all was well, he did not loose allot of his work… the only problem was his previous computer had files checked out… what to do? what would you do with SourceSafe vulgaris?

Well with SourceSafe vulgaris you would not have this problem… because the files are not tied to a workspace (don’t get me wrong… the idea of a workspace is great) but to a user and just by logging on the system with your account would enable you to do a Undo Checkout.

How do you do this with Team System? You see the files are checked out to you, only in a different workspace… and obviously you cannot access the changes being done (if they were not shelved) as they are on the computer that is dead like a turkey….


Well… it’s quite simple… from another computer just delete the workspace which was on the other computer and you are set. Files are again ready to be checked out, you and with your new workspace you can continue working on your project.


Hope this tip helps someone!

Cheers!