A sample git-tfs session

>>> pwd

/d/Projects

>>> git tfs clone

Usage: git-tfs init [options] tfs-url repository-path [git-repository] where options are: -V, --version (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) ShowVersion -h, -H, --help (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) ShowHelp -i, --tfs-remote, --remote, --id (Type: Value required, Value Type:[String]) An optional remote ID, useful if this repository will track multiple TFS repositories. -d, --debug (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) Show lots of output. --shared (Type: Value required, Value Type:[Object]) The --shared option to pass to git-init. --no-metadata (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) If specified, git-tfs will leave out the git-tfs-id: lines at the end of every commit. --template (Type: Value required, Value Type:[String]) The --template option to pass to git-init. --username (Type: Value required, Value Type:[String]) Your TFS username, including domain (e.g. DOMAIN\user). --ignore-regex (Type: Value required, Value Type:[String]) If specified, git-tfs will not sync any paths that match this regular expression.

>>> git tfs clone http://team:8080/ $/sandbox sample_for_git_tfs

Initialized empty Git repository in d:/Projects/sample_for_git_tfs/.git/ C4949 = 84cfc504fd85a826ede8d852e3a5e75fc8952bd2 C69840 = fb10351a88a948d07b3eb6ef176b7e3bb1999ecb C69841 = 764abfc9995945cafce2e23a1d2735aec8d288bd C69842 = bb87001af0e93de25e13dab4602db2f84f4b1932 C69843 = 664705c06790fbd1da066833e9e81da24c88ea61 C86163 = 99d300275e87adedae65cd3c9a57c9f55c76eb94 C86164 = 2d10de0deb9fe96e22b14eb2e65e2f95ef55c1d6 C86165 = da9da4b79b2d9e16aa17f6a12317bfe3e29687de C86167 = b3d7f12b3cf39b546cb19ddc37518be1080b86d8 C86170 = 5df88af2597f219a7b4ccf979ff90ff1cc7ed05b C86209 = 46d814b83a5a75508e1584a8850d8bcb3c9d5a7d

>>> cd sample_for_git_tfs

>>> ls -R

.: ANewDirectory ./ANewDirectory: SomeDir ./ANewDirectory/SomeDir: readme.txt sayhi.bat

>>> echo another line >> ANewDirectory/SomeDir/readme.txt

>>> git commit -a -m "Contributed using git-tfs."

[master a72b561] Contributed using git-tfs. 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

>>> git tfs shelve

Usage: git-tfs shelve [options] shelveset-name [ref-to-shelve] where options are: -V, --version (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) ShowVersion -h, -H, --help (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) ShowHelp -i, --tfs-remote, --remote, --id (Type: Value required, Value Type:[String]) An optional remote ID, useful if this repository will track multiple TFS repositories. -d, --debug (Type: Flag, Value Type:[Boolean]) Show lots of output.

>>> git tfs shelve GIT_TFS_SAMPLE

edit ANewDirectory/SomeDir/readme.txt

>>> mkdir ../sample_workspace

>>> cd ../sample_workspace

>>> tf workspace -new -noprompt sample_workspace

>>> tf unshelve -noprompt GIT_TFS_SAMPLE

sandbox\ANewDirectory\SomeDir: Unshelving edit: readme.txt

>>> tf diff -noprompt

edit: d:\Projects\sample_workspace\sandbox\ANewDirectory\SomeDir\readme.txt File: sandbox\ANewDirectory\SomeDir\readme.txt =================================================================== --- sandbox\ANewDirectory\SomeDir\readme.txt;C69843 (server) 1/28/2010 1:02 PM +++ sandbox\ANewDirectory\SomeDir\readme.txt (local) 1/28/2010 1:02 PM @@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ ---- This line was added for the second checkin. This line was added after the parent directory was nested inside a new top-level-directory. +another line ===================================================================