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AX 2012 & TFS 2013 Gated Check-ins

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Posted on by Jon Withers 155

Hi,

I have recently upgraded our enterprise to TFS 2013 to make use of all the new developments in ALM that have been added since 2008.

One of the features that I have already used on .NET projects is Gated Check-Ins. This is a really powerful way of ensuring the build works before the check-in is committed to the main repository.

Currently we have a mangled process within AX 2012 whereby we use Shelve-sets and the build manager reviews the shelve-sets before checking in the work. This isn't ideal as AX really isn't setup for working in this way :(.

Has anybody used gated check-in with AX 2012? We are in the planning stages of an R3 upgrade so does anybody know if this will be supported in R3?

How does Microsoft do it? I can't believe everyone has free rein to check-in whatever AX code they wish without any automated build checks?

Any help would be great.

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    Joris dG 17,775 on at

    We solve this issue through branching. We allow any and all check-ins from AX (you could potentially have a separate branch for each developer if you have a lot of headaches, although that presents a ton of other challenges). At least, we move from a DEV to a MAIN branch from within Visual Studio - which is where we use TFS' code review process before check-in. The fact that the code review then works on the XPOs instead of inside AX has not proven to be much of a problem, and the annotation and comments on code reviews are priceless.

    With such a model you could also do gated check-ins more easily.

    if you're doing builds, did you check out my native TFS activities? daxmusings.codecrib.com/.../easy-automated-builds-part-3.html

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    Jon Withers 155 on at

    Joris,

    Thanks for your post, I had considered branching in TFS 2010 but wondered if gated check-in's would make it easier.

    The native TFS activities look useful,

    Thanks

    Jon

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