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Bind and Unbind Projects and Solutions

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Team Foundation version control provides the ability to add items to the server that are not bound to Visual Studio. For more information, see Add Non-Project or Non-Solution Files and Folders to Version Control and Add Command. The binding is responsible for providing version control functionality including various version control icons that indicate status in Solution Explorer. If you wish to bind the folders and files you added, you must bind them as described in the procedure below.

Required Permissions

To perform these procedures, you must have the Check out permission set to Allow. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To bind version controlled projects and solutions to Visual Studio

  1. Highlight the project or solution you wish to bind to Team Foundation version control in Solution Explorer.

  2. On the File menu, click Source Control, and then click Change Source Control.

  3. In Change Source Control dialog box, click Bind.

To unbind version controlled projects and solutions to Visual Studio

  1. Highlight the project or solution you wish to unbind in Team Foundation version control in Solution Explorer.

  2. On the File menu, click Source Control, and then click Change Source Control.

  3. In the Change Source Control dialog box, highlight the solution or project you wish to unbind from version control, and in the toolbar, click Unbind.

See Also

Reference

Add Command

Other Resources

Add Non-Project or Non-Solution Files and Folders to Version Control