Hi All,
We have a third party package that needs to be apply into lower environment for testing, but before that we need to add the package into Code respository.
Please guide how can we add directly to code repository.
Regards,
Akbar
Please tell us more about the package.
Do you know how to use a code repository in general, such as adding and check in files? I assume you're using Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC), right?
Hi Martin,
we have received the deployable package from third party , now we need to apply it to our UAT first for testing. but before that we need to apply it to DEV, we can import the package from LCS or command prompt, but after that how we can merge/add third party model to VSTS as we are not modifiying there code.
Installing a deployable package will add a binary module (package) to the modelstore folder (PackagesLocalDirectory by default). Then you'll simply add this folder to source control.
For example, you can open Source Control Exporer in Visual Studio, navigate to the modelstore folder, right-click and choose "Add Items To Folder". You choose what you want and confirm the addition. Then you'll go to pending chages and commit the changes.
There is no code to merge, because deployable packages contains compiled binaries, not code.
Note that the steps will differ if you already have a previous version of the package installed. But you didn't mentioned anything like that, so it doesn't seem to be your case.
Thank you Martin for the quick response.
First setp will be importing the package into DEV, either from LCS or command prompt.
where we can find the below path for navigating to modelstore folder from source control page, please advice.
For example, you can open Source Control Exporer in Visual Studio, navigate to the modelstore folder, right-click and choose "Add Items To Folder".
Note that you still haven't answered my questions about whether you know the basics of source control.
Are you now saying that you can start Visual Studio but you don't know how to open Source Control Explorer?
I have the little idea of code meriging into source control.
In the source control we have configured the branches of Prod/Test/SupportDEV and ,mapped to our local directories, but didnt see anywhere about the modelstore folder from Visual studio.
Well, I'm somehow not gettings anwers from you. I'll assume that you're using TFVC but you don't know where to find Source Control Explorer in Visual Studio. The easiest solution is type Souce in the search box on the top. This will find the option and also shows you the menu path {View > Other Windows > Source Control Explorer). With this knowleghe, you won't have a problem to locate something in Visual Studio anymore.
Note that it's the same place where you configure branches.
Thank you very much Martin,
Following your steps able to add third party package to code repository.
Thanaks again for your help.
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