1. Git it Done with Team Foundation Server
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Josh Wilcox, MCSD: ALM
Crosslake
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2. Assessment & Improvement Plan
Engineering System
Assessment & Improvement Plan
Process
People
Tools
Interim technology leaders
Organizatioal models and career development
Coaching and training
Product vision & strategy
Software development model and workflow
QA practices and tools
Product, program and project management
Human Performance Improvement
Best Practices
Business Impact:
Enhance product value and quality
Increase engineering effectiveness
Reduce time to market
Implement best practices and tools
Deliver measurable improvements
ALM Deployment
Development tools and implementation
Visual Studio/TFS
Build, deploy, test
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3. What is your experience with Git?
None
Basic familiarity, but not much use
Use it regularly, but not with TFS
Use it regularly with TFS, but want to learn more
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4. What’s in it for you? How does Git help me develop software with TFS?
Find out how TFS integrates with Git technology
Work with lightweight branching and a great offline experience, one that allows edits and commits regardless of network connection
How does this whole Git workflow integrate with TFS?
We will take a trip through an end-to-end Git workflow scenario
How do I get started and what are the best practices?
Hear some pointers on getting started, sprinkled with a few best practices
Notes/Assumptions:
Focus is on 2013; 2013 brings out-of-the-box Git integration, whereas 2012 required plugins be installed.
Hopefully our scenario is similar to yours. Let us know if it is not and we can discuss.
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5. What is Git? A brief look at what Git is, and why people use it
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6. What is Git? Distributed Version Control System
Linus Torvalds 2005 project for developing the Linux kernel
Open source - based on community need for SCM after fallout with BitKeeping (proprietary SCM)
Best in-class offline experience
Advanced Edit/Commit file model
Local copy of entire project (repo)
Branching model supports workflows: branching-by-topic, feature branches, 3-way branch merges, rebasing
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7. Feature Branch Workflow
The core idea behind the Feature Branch Workflow is that all feature development should take place in a dedicated branch instead of the master branch.
Lightweight branching: easily created and disposed of, easily merged, smart enough to rebase
In the example above, “Animated Menu” is a feature
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8. Modern source-control approaches: Git
Distributed Version Control
Open source
Fully offline experience
Simple branching model
Modular codebases
Distributed teams
Working offline
Open source integration
Best for
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9. Team Foundation Server Git Integration
A whirlwind overview of key features
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10. How does TFVC work? Centralized Version Control System
Check-in/Check-out model
Scales to large Enterprise projects
Local files (workspace) are read-only until checked out with server
Partial offline support – centralized Edit/Commit model (local workspace)
Fine-level permission controls
Monitoring and auditability
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11. Modern source-control approaches: TFS
Centralized Version Control
Enterprise scalable
Automation and ALM
Server-managed
Large integrated codebases
Allows usage monitoring
Fine-grained permissions
Control and audit down to the file level
Best for
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12. Architecture Overview
Team Explorer
TFS SCC Provider
Git SCC Provider
Local Repo
TFVC Object Model
LibGit2 / LibGit2Sharp
Other Remote Git Repo
Team Foundation Server / Service
3rd Party
3rd Party
Project 1
Project 2
Anywhere that has a .git endpoint, you can connect to straight from VS.
Visual studio allows you to interface with these source code management locations.
XCode
Eclipse
Src
ALM
Bld
Src
ALM
Bld
Eclipse
Shell
Shell …
TFVC
Git …
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13. Why Git with VS/TFS? Improved distributed team support through:
Fully offline local repos
Tight integration with the rest of the TFS ALM suite
Lightweight branching and merging
Adapting to many team workflows
Collaborating with developers using Git-native tools, such as XCode
Hosted code on different servers, such as Team Foundation, or Git servers like GitHub, BitBucket, and CodePlex
Added features to Git: repo-level security administration, audit trails, code comments, Git commands in IDE, etc.
If you’re using TFS to store your source code on a local server, or using TFS Service to host your code in the cloud with Microsoft, then you can access the SCM system from any device and any client that can connect to a git repo and issue git commands on the back end – meaning you can use poshgit or Git For Windows on your PC, or xcode on your mac, or git CLI (command-line interface) on a linux box, etc.
So now Visual Studio allows you to have an IDE for git projects hosted outside MS, and TFS allows you to store git repos in a way that lets you dev from any machine and still take advantage of the TFS ALM workflow (work items, builds, project management).
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14. TFS Git Walkthrough Demo Results:
See four different ways you can use Git and TFS/VS 2013 in your development workflow.
Process:
Show file management and project creation/interaction workflow:
In a TFVC project on TFS
In a Git project on TFS
In a Git project on GitHub
Branching in a Git project
Migration from GitHub to TFS
Review Git project security, code comments, commit history in Web Access
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15. Setup a free account and try it out now on Team Foundation Service
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16. What’s next? Fill out the survey http://svy.mk/12gtzAB
Download the slides:
Evaluate TFS
Free hosted:
VM used for this demo is free
If a locally-hosted solution is right for you, take the time to plan it
Contact Crosslake for advice on development processes, practices, and/or TFS deployment
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17. Links & Resources Free Team Foundation Service Account
Setting up Git on your local dev machine
Use Git branches to switch contexts, suspend work, and isolate risk
Learn more about Visual Studio 2013 Preview features
Highlights – What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 RTM
Learn more about the history of Git
Free online Git hosting sites
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