We (Multi-user editing) were casually editing the game when it crashed so we all had to exit, but when entering back. An error popped up stating that “Failed to join server: The workspace has local changes.” So then I searched up the error and found this solution in the bottom. We tried it but didn’t work
In order to maintain the same state across all users, Multi-User Editing requires that all users have the same starting state. You are receiving this error message because you have changes to the project in source control that have yet to be committed. In order to join, you must revert these changes or submit them and have the other users sync to the new changelist.
I tried the solution that the document recommended but after all of those tries, it still doesn't work.
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We recently upgraded from TFS 2010 to TFS 2015. Everything appears to be fine post-upgrade, but we are getting the error "The item is locked in workspace (null);(null)." on some source control files. It looks like we have some orphaned locks that need to be tracked down and cleaned up, but the tbl_lock database table is not on the database, so the following select query won't work:
select * FROM tbl_Lock l
LEFT JOIN tbl_PendingChange pc
ON l.PendingChangeId = pc.PendingChangeId
WHERE pc.PendingChangeId IS NULL
Does anyone know how to detect and remove these locks in TFS 2015?
I also installed the TFS power tools, and neither Visual Studio 2015 nor the power tools are picking up the locks.
Updated:
BTW, when I run the SELECT query to find out where PendingChangeId is NULL, I get back no rows. I think the trick is the LEFT JOIN. PendingChangeId would be NULL when tbl_Lock also had no record for the PendingChangeId on tbl_PendingChange (and thus the lock was orphaned). So I'd still need to know where the PendingChangeId should normally be joined to in TFS 2015, to identify which files have a lock that is bad. (Or where a workspace no longer exists, which may be another possible source for the issue.)
And I also still need to know how to clean up those bad locks. I'd prefer to do this using the tools, either via the GUI or the command line, but could also do this programmatically either using the API or the TFS Object Model files for TFS 2015.
I really would rather only touch the database directly as a last ditch resort. And I would also rather use tf vc destroy on the item as a last ditch resort as well, since that would wipe out all history on the files.
Update 2
Aha! I think I found a way to identify the files, and it looks like my thinking for what happened may be correct. Unfortunately, I had to probe the database using a READ UNCOMMITTED query to find the information. I couldn't get at this information programmatically or using the tools. (They all showed or acted like the file is not checked out.) The query that I used on TFS 2015 was:
select pc.* from tbl_PendingChange pc
left join tbl_Workspace ws on pc.WorkspaceId = ws.WorkspaceId
where ws.WorkspaceId is null
This returned the three files that have the (null);(null) lock on our database, because the WorkspaceId listed on tbl_PendingChange does not exist anymore on tbl_Workspace.
How did this happen? Our CI server uses temporary TFS workspaces. I think what happened after the upgrade is that our CI server went to check out the file and apply an update to it. (For example, to increment version numbers as part of the build process.) It checked out the file, but failed to apply the update. (Our tools like working with Server workspaces, but it may have ended up with a Local workspace and thus the file was still checked in Local, but checked out on the Server. Thus the change to the file couldn't be applied.) The code that we are using performs a workspace.Delete operation when the process completes, so the workspace was deleted - even though the workspace still had the file checked out! So this created an orphan record on tbl_PendingChange that isn't linked to any Workspace, and thus the file is still locked with pending changes. But the GUI and tools aren't seeing it as such, because they're not realizing the pending change's workspace is non-existent.
So this brings me back around to how do I fix this? If someone knows of a way to get at these orphaned pending changes, I'd appreciate it. I tried using:
TfsTeamProjectCollection tfsTeamProjectCollection = TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory.GetTeamProjectCollection(new Uri(szProjectUri));
VersionControlServer versionControlServer = tfsTeamProjectCollection.GetService<VersionControlServer>();
string[] items = new[] { ... server item path ... };
PendingSet[] queryPendingSets = versionControlServer.QueryPendingSets(items, RecursionType.None, null, null);
PendingSet[] getPendingSets = versionControlServer.GetPendingSets(items, RecursionType.None);
but these aren't finding the orphans.
Update 3
I finally installed Team Foundation Sidekicks 2015 and gave it a try - status tool specifically, but then other tools. It's finding pending changes, but not the orphaned ones.
You can use Team Foundation Sidekicks to search and undo lock by following steps:
Install the tool and launch it.
Select TFS server to connect.
Select "Tools\Status Sidekick".
Set the "Search criteria" for the information you want.
Click "Search" button.
Select the locked file and click "Unlock lock" button.
You can using below command to undo the pending changes:
tf undo "file_path" /workspace:workspace_name
Or you can just use below command to delete the old workspace
tf workspace /delete /server:your_tfs_server workspace;username
From Visual Studio 2015 GUI：
File -> Source Control -> Advanced -> Workspaces...
In the dialog that came up, check "Show remote workspaces" and the locked workspace came up in the window. Then selected it and click "Remove".
Details about it, please check this blog and more ways to resolve this you can refer the similar question: What do you do if the file in TFS is locked by someone else?
Update:
According to the sql query. It's looking for .PendingChangeId IS NULL . You can use the similarly tbl_PendingChange under collection database. However, it's not a commendatory method. Since operate directly in the TFS database is not recommended.
The following command has cleared up the pending changesets that were orphaned:
tf vc destroy <itemspec> /startcleanup
After running this command, the file was able to be added back to TFS, and the file could be checked in and out and edited as normal. Running the query:
select pc.* from tbl_PendingChange pc
left join tbl_Workspace ws on pc.WorkspaceId = ws.WorkspaceId
where ws.WorkspaceId is null
also showed that the pending changeset record related to this file was gone as well.
Microsoft's documentation on this command can be found at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386005.aspx. Before using this command, you should review the documentation carefully and be sure to understand the consequences of using it.
Because this command permanently removes files and potenally all history from TFS - and does so recursively - you need to take precautions and be absolutely certain that you are targeting the command correctly. So before using this command, I would recommend taking the following additional precautions:
Stop all user and external accesses to TFS and any other software that may be running from the machine.
Make sure to run a full backup of TFS and any other databases located on the machine.
If you can, take a snapshot in time of the server.
That way if something goes horribly wrong, you will have one or more points to fall back on.
Started BI Publisher about a week ago.
When working on a new data model, about one or two queries in, I get this error when I try to save:
Failed to load servlet/res?s=%252F~developer1%252Ftest%252FJustin%2520Tests%252FOSRP%2520Information.xdm&desc=&_sTkn=9ba70c01152efbcb413.
I can no longer save my data model.
I tried deleting my queries, logging in and out, turning machine off and on, but no luck.
I'm currently resolved to saving all of my queries locally in notepad.
I can create a whole new data model and it will save fine, but then after two or three queries the same thing happens.
What's going on and why would anyone design such a confusing error message?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
After restarting your server once you won't get this issue.It happens some time due to the connection problem.so restart should work for this.It resolved my problem.
None of the proposed solutions worked for me. I found out, on my own, that any unnecessary brackets around CASE in a select statement will cause this error. Remove the unnecessary brackets and the error goes away.
Oracle meta link Doc ID 2173333.1. In BI Publisher releases 11.1.1.8.x and up, there is an option to Manage Cache in the Administration section of BIP. This option was also added to 11.1.1.7 in patch 140715 (11.1.1.7.140715).
Clearing the object cache will resolve the saving errors:
Click on the Administration link
Manage BI Publisher
Manage Cache
Click on the 'Clear Object Cache'
I created a shared repository on my laptop. In that repository, I created a branch named trunk. Then I created an unbound branch of trunk on my desktop so I could do work on either machine and sync my changes manually.
This works pretty well except for one nagging issue. On my desktop, Bazaar Explorer is forever trying to reach the remote branch. Every time I hit Refresh (for example) Bazaar Explorer hangs for several seconds while it does ... something. If my laptop isn't on the network, Bazaar Explorer hangs for even longer and then displays the error message, "Not a branch: <branch URL>". Afterward, I can proceed as normal.
One of the reasons I switched to a DVCS from Subversion is that you can keep on working and commiting even when "the server is down". Technically, I can keep working, but the constant freezing is killing it for me. Is there a solution?
Edit .bzr/branch/branch.conf and remove the line with parent_location = ....
Note: later if you merge or pull from another branch, it will again save the parent_location. To prevent it from doing that, add the --no-remember flag when you merge or pull.
As #bialix pointed out in a comment:
if you want to disable remembering of parent_location you can also edit branch.conf and put there: parent_location = that is nothing (or space) after equal sign.
I have come across an issue that looks like TFS has permanently deleted a branch and all of its history and is not giving me the ability to interact with any of the changesets that were in that branch. Here is what happened:
I created a new branch(A) off of an existing branch(B).
I used A for a few months.
I merged everything in A back to B.
I deleted A by right clicking on the branch in Source Control Explorer and clicking delete and checked in the change.
[At this point I didn't check to see if A could be undeleted, and didn't notice anything amiss]
2 weeks pass
Now I want to view the history of a file that was merged
I go to the visual studio settings and check the box that shows all deleted items
A is nowhere to be found
I check to see if some other branches that I had deleted in the past were visible, and they are still present.
I look in the change history of the parent directory and I can't even see the changeset from when I deleted A.
I have admin access to the TFS database, but don't understand the schema well enough to search for all "delete" changesets.
I've tried to use the API in Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client to get more information, but it isn't providing any more records that the TFS history window did
Update
I just ran a a tf destroy command on a test branch to see what the symptoms are, and the symptoms are consistent with what I'm experiencing. I suspect that this branch was destroyed, now my goal is to find out if destroy leaves behind any information about who or when
Further investigation reveals that a team member on a different project had run a cleanup script during the two week period that had invoked the destroy command, accidentally destroying some of our deleted branches. The advice in How to find out who ran the TFS Destroy Command? revealed who it was, and how it had happened.
Why isn't it standard behavior for Accurev to automatically run an "Update" upon opening the program? "Update" updates a user's local sandbox with the latest files from the building/promoted area.
It seems like expected functionality that the most recent files should be synchronized first.
I'm not claiming that it should always update, but curious as to why an auto-Update wouldn't be correct.
Auto-updating could produce some very unwanted results.
Take this scenario: you're in the middle of a development task, but you've made a mistake and need to revert a file that you just modified. So you open AccuRev, but before you have a chance to "revert to most recent version", you are bombarded with 100 files that have been changed upstream including the one you want to revert. You are now forced into the position of resolving all the merge conflicts before your solution will build, including the merge of your (possibly unstable) code in progress.
Requiring the user to manually update keeps a protective 'bubble' around the developer, allowing them to commit (keep) changes within their own workspace without bringing down code changes that could destabilise the work in their sandbox. When the developer gets to a point where his code is ready to share with others, that is the appropriate time to do an update and subsequently build/retest the merged codebase before promoting.
However there is one scenario that I do believe auto-updating could be useful: after a workspace is reparented. i.e. when a developer's workspace is moved from one part of the stream hierarchy to another. Every time we reparent we have to do a little dance:
Accept the confirmation dialog that reminds us (rather verbosely) that we need to update our workspace before we can promote any changes.
Double-click the workspace to view its files.
Wait for AccuRev to do a "Pending" search, to determine whether any file changes are waiting to be committed.
And finally, perform the Update.
Instead of just giving us a confirmation dialog, it would be nice if AccuRev could just ask us if we want to Update immediately.
I guess it depends on preference. I for one wouldn't like the auto-update feature.
Imagine you have a huge project and you don't want to build it every time you start Accurev. But you also can't debug because the source files and debugging info no longer correspond.