Is there a way to use the Visual Studio 2010-style

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The Team Explorer / Pending Changes in VS 2012 is horrible.

Is there a way to bring back the VS 2010 Pending Changes window?

Even a good standalone TFS client will do.

Answer 1

Create a new external tool (tools -> external tools)

Command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\tf.exe

Argument: checkin

Initial Directory: $(SolutionDir)

Use Output Window Unticked (dialog doesn't seem to popup if this is on)

Answer 2

There is a free 3rd party plugin called TeamPilgrim which imitates the old pending changes window from Visual Studio 2010.

It is apparently still in development but is a reasonable solution until Microsoft (hopefully) resolve the UserVoice request.

Download and further details here:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/79e9baa7-ea8b-4335-86ba-ae929bf67222

Answer 3

There is a "pending changes" filter on the Visual Studio 2012 Solution explorer. While I'd rather have a separate window, this is much better than adding a separate command.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/08/14/showing-files-with-pending-changes-or-files-that-are-open-in-visual-studio-2012-solution-explorer.aspx