
Move Quickly Between Source Control Providers #58
Chapter 6, Speed Hacks
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Move Quickly Between Source Control
Providers Hack #58
Using multiple version control systems is normally a tedious operation. Here’s
a free utility that makes it a snap.
Visual Studio provides a model for source control vendors to write source
control providers that plug into Visual Studio. A third-party source control,
or even Microsoft’s GotDotNet Workspaces source control, can work just
like using SourceSafe from Visual Studio. This is a great thing when you
switch between various source control providers, since the functionality and
UI are consistent across all tools when used through Visual Studio.
One problem though: it is not the easiest thing to switch between source
control providers. There is no quick switch in the IDE to choose what
source control provider you want to use, but thankfully Harry Pierson (bet-
ter known as DevHawk) has written an easy-to-use utility called SccSwitch
that will allow you to do just that.
To use this utility, you first need to download the tool from http://devhawk.
NET/art_sccswitch.aspx. The source and executable are both included in the
zip file. After extracting the executable and running it, you will see a screen
like the one shown in Figure 6-21.
To switch source control providers, simply check the box of the provider
you want to use and then click the Update button. ...