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That is the generally accepted way of branching your source code in SourceSafe. The only other way to do it, if merging and retaining the history are not an issue, is to copy the files to a new folder, remove the read-only attribute, remove the .vssscc and .scc files, and then add that new project to SourceSafe. At that point, you have an all new project, with no prior history.

If you are using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) as your source control system, Visual Web Developer exposes some additional functionality that is not available for all source control providers. The following table lists additional commands that are available in Visual Web Developer if VSS is your source control provider.

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You can open the Web site from source code control directly from the Open Web Site dialog box, much as you would open any local Web site. VSS adds a tab named Source Control to the Open Web Site dialog box. The tab displays a button that enables you to select a VSS project to open.

You can start VSS directly from Visual Web Developer. VSS adds a command named Launch Microsoft Visual SourceSafe to the Source Control menu, making it easier to manage your source control projects.

The Compare command reads a file on your computer and a file in the source control repository and reports the differences between the files in a two-pane window similar to WinDiff.exe.

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) is a discontinued source control program oriented towards small software development projects. Like most source control systems, SourceSafe creates a virtual library of computer files. While most commonly used for source code, SourceSafe can handle any type of file in its database, but older versions were shown[1][2] to be unstable when used to store large amounts of non-textual data, such as images and compiled executables.

SourceSafe was originally created by a North Carolina company called One Tree Software. One Tree SourceSafe had gone through several releases in their 1.x to 2.x cycles, supporting DOS, OS/2 (with a Presentation Manager GUI), Windows, Windows NT, Mac, and Unix. When Microsoft bought OneTree in 1994,[3] they immediately ceased development on all versions except for Windows. Microsoft SourceSafe 3.1, Windows 16-bit-only and Macintosh,[4] rebranded One Tree 3.0 versions, were briefly available before Microsoft released a Version 4.0. With the acquisition of One Tree Software, Microsoft discontinued its source code control product at the time, Microsoft Delta.[5][6] After the acquisition, Mainsoft Corporation developed SourceSafe for UNIX in cooperation with Microsoft.[7] Later, Metrowerks, Inc. developed Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh in cooperation with Microsoft.[8]

At the same time, Microsoft also introduced a source control called Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC), which was part of project lifecycle management product Visual Studio Team System. This product addresses many of the shortcomings of Visual SourceSafe, making it suitable for larger teams requiring high levels of stability and control over activities.

To copy the entire directory tree, create the root folder ("Create Project") in visual source safe. Then from Windows Explorer select all files and folders you want to add to this new project (folder).

SourceSafe was revolutionary in many ways, especially its great Windows support and friendly user interface. Just as importantly, it was distributed by Microsoft as part of nearly every MSDN subscription, which put it into the hands of many developers who had never used source control. It won hearts and minds and quickly became the de facto standard.

For example, one recent trend has been towards products with integrated source control and bug tracking, which many have found not only makes tasks easier, but also helps dev teams standardize on one tool and work a little more collaboratively. Most of us are still waiting to see the benefits of ALM (Application Lifecycle Management), with its promise of integrated dev, test, and build environments (and associated Cadillac price tag), but the marriage of version control and bug tracking makes sense.

For most teams the real hurdle is developer downtime, not just the time required to prepare and import a 30 gigabyte source code repository, but the effort it takes to train a team on the new tool. For most, downtime of more than a few days is ultimately far more costly than writing the check for the software, or professional services during the install.

First, you need to get past the fact that there is probably corruption in your VSS database, possibly substantial corruption. For most of our customers, the import process is the first time they see the extent of the damage to their repository. Frequently, this induces panic. What does this mean for the integrity of their source code? For future development?

That said I still feel uneasy about relying solely on a service like GitHub as the canonical source for my code and so I still have bare Git repos on my NAS box to act as the central point for collaboration across my own devices. Bare repos only store revisions so you cannot use them for merging or development, which is essentially what GitHub provides anyway.

The VSS2Git tool converts files and folders exactly as they are in the source repo. This means that the file $/Win32/Lib/Core/ReadMe.txt will appear in the Git repo under the same relative path (\Win32\Lib\Core\ReadMe.txt) even if you only intend to migrate the $/Win32/Lib/Core project. What I wanted was for all the paths to be shifted up so that \Win32\Lib\Core is now the root of the Git repo, e.g. ReadMe.txt moves from \Win32\Lib\Core\ReadMe.txt to just \ReadMe.txt, and for all the superfluous parent folders to disappear.

In the various religious discussions of which source-control tool to use that appear on here from time to time, I've noticed that Microsoft Visual SourceSafe gets consistently bashed. In fact, I'd go so far to say that I can't think of another software product that attracts such purity of hatred.

Everyone agrees that source control is fundamental to the practice of modern software development. However, there are dozens of source control options to choose from. VSoft, the makers of FinalBuilder, just published the results of their annual customer survey. One of the questions it asked was which version control systems do you currently use, or plan to use, in the next 12 months?

SourceSafe gives you the illusion of safety and control, while exposing your project to risk.SourceSafe teaches developers bad habits: avoid branching, exclusive locks, easy permanent deletions.

SourceSafe was a perfectly adequate source control system in the late 90's. Unfortunately, SourceSafe was never updated architecturally to reflect modern source control practices. Even the latest version, SourceSafe 2005, absolutely reeks of 1999. And, to be fair, some of the same criticisms apply to CVS. CVS is no longer a modern source control system, either; it doesn't even support the concept of atomic checkins.

One of my biggest hurdles has been unlearning all the bad things SourceSafe taught me about source control. Source control is the absolute bedrock of software engineering. It's as fundamental as it gets. If my knowledge in this area isn't deep, wide, and fundamentally sound, can I really call myself a software engineer?

So, how do we learn modern source control?Start with Eric Sink's Source Control HOWTO. Eric is self-admittedly biased because his company created SourceGear Vault, but he's up front about this. He has truly lived and breathed the topic of source control, and it shines through in his excellent writing.The online Subversion manual is well worth your time. The first few introductory chapters, starting with Chapter 2: Basic Concepts, are wonderful primers.Chris Birmele's paper on Branching and Merging is the best introduction I've found to this essential source control task. There are dozens of ways to branch, and no one correct way to do it. Get familar with your options so you know what the tradeoffs are with each one.

Visual SourceSafe was most Microsoft developers' first introduction to any kind of source control at all. That's great. But holding on to SourceSafe's archaic source control conventions is doing more damage than good these days. Make the switch to Team System, Subversion, or any other modern source control system of your choice.

A Team provider plug in for the Eclipse IDE. Enables VSS actions to be integrated with the Eclipse IDE release 4.5 (Mars). If you'd like to make a donation see below for details.Last Modified: 14-July-2015

Screen shot of the plugin (Click to enlarge). 1 Getting StartedThis plug-in has been tested with Eclipse release 4.5 java package. It requires the 32 bit Eclipse version and an 32 bit JRE to run Eclipse with. It enables the user to perform Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) actions from within the IDE. The former support for older Eclipse versions has now been dropped. Please use the older releases of the plugin of you use an non 4.5 compliant Eclipse base.1.1 PrerequisitesEclipse release 4.5 win32 java package (Mars Release), for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/7/8/8.1.A licensed and functional Microsoft Visual SourceSafe client version 6.0, preferably upgraded with the latest service pack, which currently is SP 6. For further information see It's very important to understand that the VSS Plugin for Eclipse does not provide you with either a copy of Microsoft Visual SourceSafe or any license for using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. The plugin requires a functional licensed copy of Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for operation.The plugin has been tested with the english version of VSS and it might also work on other VSS language versions, but some customization might be needed. See org/vssplugin/messages.properties for more information. The current version of the plugin uses the VSS Ole Automation API for integation.1.2 InstallationUse the update site at Help => Install New Software => Add ( ) as a update site => select vss plugin to install it.Or download the latest version from Please note that if you are using WSAD 5.x or Eclipse 2.0 you can only use the older 2.0 compabillity releases. The same appliesto older Eclipse 3.0 based versions.

Copy the jar file to /dropins/plugins. Also make sure that any old version of the VSS plugin is removed.

Restart the Eclipse IDE with the -clean command line switchYou can check if the plug in is running via Help -> About Eclipse Platform -> Plug in Details scroll through the list and it should be there.Should be it. I also recommend to enable the Label Decorator function - if it is not enabled by default.1.3 DonationsI have a paypal account for receiving donations. If you like the plugin and would like to make a donation please use paypal. 1.4 What's new in the latest major release (1.6.0)?Some updates in the Compare Dialog. The user can now select if comments should show, expand/collapse tree, select if labels should show. All actions available from the context menu.

Some updates in the Team Project Set Import/Export3.1 RCx SupportSupport for online/offline mode. A VSS repository in offline mode no VSS actions are enabled. This is useful for running with the plugin configured and not having access to the VSS database.

Support for error/warning decorations in the Check Out-view.

Added support for comments for checkouts. The feature is controlled by a separate option in the preference page.Added support for VSS Refresh Log view. The view shows which files that have been added, deleted or updated when executing any of the Refresh/Update State/Get Latest version-actions.

Better data in compare and replace views (check in time, by whom, version).

Added support on VSS Info page for shares. Now one can see if a file is shared and which shared vss paths it have.1.5 Getting startedThe VSS Plugin works on a per Eclipse project basis. Each project in your workspace can be configured separately and can mount a VSS database. If you need to mount more than on VSS database you must use separate Eclipse projects. Each project can have one or more path mappings between the local workspace and the VSS database and the plugin requires at least one mapping for operation. For example: You have a source directory in your workspace /java/src and in the VSS all files below /java/src should be mapped to $/project-x/java/src, then you have a mapping from /java/src to $/project-x/java/src. It is always legal to only use / mapped to $/ but this is probably a rare case.More mappings can be added if needed. The plugin will always use the "best mapping" in the sensof longest equal path.For example three mappings:

/src/java=>$/project-x/src/java

/src/jsp=>$/project-x/webapp

/src =>$/project-x/otherResults in:

/src/java/x/y/Test.java=> $/project-x/src/java/x/y/Test.java

/src/java/Test.java=> $/project-x/src/java/Test.java

/src/jsp/test.jsp=> $/project-x/webapp/test.jsp

/src/test.jsp=> $/project-x/other/test.jsp

/test.jsp=> This file is not managed by the plug in.How to enable the plug in?1. Configure a team provider for your project. This is done by using the right click context menu on the Eclipse project. Team -> Share Project, which brings up the select repository wizard dialog. 2. Select VSS Configuration Wizard. Select the appropriate settings. The next button will bring you to the mapping configuration, but if you only need one mapping press finish. Username is the username used for authentication in the VSS database. Password is the corresponding password. Can be blank. VSS directory is the full absolute directory path to the VSS Database holding the srcsafe.ini file.Then add the first mapping. Source dir is the Eclipse project dir, which is the base dir for all operations. For example if you're Eclipse project uses /src as it's root directory for all source, you should select that directory for this setting. This must be a valid Eclipse project directory path. Relative mount point is the VSS project (directory), which is the root of all operations in the VSS database. If the source code you are interested in lies in the VSS Project $/web-application use that directory as relative mount point. This must be a valid VSS project path. 3. Your project is now configured for using the VSS Plugin.4. If you now bring up the right click context menu on the project and select Team, there will some additional functions available. The context menu option will vary depending on the status of the file. If you have any trouble with that an option isn't available, but it should be, always try to do a refresh and see what happens. All errors within the plugin can be found in the Eclipse log-file located at "your workspace"\.metadata\.log always check that if you have any trouble. Refresh, always does a full Get Latest Version and then queries the VSS database for the status (checked out, existing, and so on..) for each file within the database. You use this each time you want the VSS Plugin to have the correct state for each file. It can be a time consuming since it has to query the database separately for each file. Get Latest Version, get the latest version from the VSS repository. If a writable copy exists of a file the user is prompted if the local copy should be replaced and any dirty open editor with the file should be reverted. Update Status, works like the Refresh but without the "Get Latest Version", which makes it faster lightweight operation. Release 1.3 of the plugin also supports status updates by using a low priority baclground thread. You can enable this in the preference. Check Out, checks out the file/files from the repository. If a writable copy exists of a file the user is prompted if the local copy should be replaced and any dirty open editor with the file should be reverted. Check In, checks the file/files with changes into the VSS repository. The user is prompted to save all dirty editors before any check in action is executed.. Undo Checkout, releases the file/files in the repository. The user is prompted if the file is changed, not checked out for the current project. All affected files corresponding editors will be reverted after the undo, even dirty editors. Commit Changes - Tries to add all local files and check-in all files currently checked-out. The user is prompted for a selection of files to add. Easy to use for commiting all changes made back to the VSS database. Synchronize with Repository - Brings up the plattforms Synchronize view with a full diff of all local files with the files/folders in the VSS database. Only added/deleted/changed resources are shown in the view. Local files which needs to be addes to the database is shown with a + (plus) sign and files deleted from the database ate shown with a - (minus) sign. Add to VSS, adds a local files to the VSS database. Delete from VSS, deletes an existing file from the VSS database. It also removes the local copy. Deconfigure VSS, only available on the project root folder; remove the VSS Plug in from the project. After a configuration removal it might be necessary to close he project and reopen it for updating the view.How to view/edit the configuration settings or configured mappings?To view the configuration settings use the properties in the context menu on the project root folder and select VSS Configuration or VSS Mappings. On each resource one can always check its properties to find out status of the file, like where it's mapped and so on. Found under context menu -> properties -> VSS Info.How to show the .scc files not showing in the navigator view?Why? You can disable the filter using the filer menu on the top right corner in the view.How to support multiple checkouts?To be able to use multiple checkous for a project you must enable this option in the How to enable status showing for each file/folder in the project?This is done via the workbench preference settings. Use Window -> Preferences -> Workbench -> Label Decorations -> and enable VSS Plug in Team Decorator. Each file/folder known to exist in the VSS database is shown with a little "database" icon. All files known to be checked out will have the checkoutee shown after the filename. All files, which the current user has checked out, will have a small checked icon. All files that have unkown state will have a small icon, until a refresh is done. Mapped folders will have a small icon showing where the root of a mapping is. Files which is not known to have the latest version locally have a small *-icon (asterix). The Team Decorator is useful but it also requires some extra cpu and willmake the start-up of the IDE somewhat slower, especially if there are a lot of filesshown in the tree view. Are there any preferences?Preferences are found under Window -> Preferences -> Team -> VSS.- Show number of checked out files in each folder. Enabled this will show the number of checked out as a number after the folder/package name. - Always assume recursive refresh/get latest version on folders. Disabled this will bring up a dialog, asking the user if the operation should be recursive, when executing a refresh/get latest version on a folder.How to enable shortcut keys?This is done by enabling the VSS Plugin action set. Enable it for each perspective under Window -> Customize Perspective -> Other -> VSS Plugin menu and shortcut keysThe action is invoked on the current active editor or the current selection if there is no active editor. Perfect with code browsing for a fast check out/check in for a small change. There is also a known problem with the menu on startup before any editor activation/deactivation or before any of the menu actions have been invoked the disablement of some menu options do not work,which might lead to unexpeted faults.The currently supported keys are:

Ctrl+Alt+U -> Undo Check Out

Ctrl+Alt+I -> Check In

Ctrl+Alt+O -> Check Out

Ctrl+Alt+R -> Refresh

Ctrl+Alt+A -> AddThe shortcuts keys does not work?This might a problem with keybinding collision within the Eclipse plattform. There mightbe some other plugin which uses the same shortcut key. By editing plugin.xml you can modify them ifyou have any problem. See the action set defintions near the bottom of the file.Also consider that as long as there is an open editor it will take precedence over any selection in any view. Currently there does not seem to be any way to check which part has focus within the platform. 2351a5e196