SourceControl plugin

[leon.friesema]

Hi,

I would like to create my own plugin for SourceControl inside Visual Studio, but all I can find on Google info is documentation on existing plug-ins, no technical documentation;
Does anyone know where I find such information or does anyone has a small example (crude and ondocumented isn't a problem ;-) ).

TIA,
Leon

 

[DeveloperX]

Hi,

I would like to create my own plugin for SourceControl inside Visual Studio, but all I can find on Google info is documentation on existing plug-ins, no technical documentation;
Does anyone know where I find such information or does anyone has a small example (crude and ondocumented isn't a problem ;-) ).

TIA,
Leon

Never done it, but this documentation looks appropriate:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ec0h24c(VS.80).aspx

 

[Samuel R. Neff]

Most likely you're talking about making an "Source Code Control
Provider". Hhere's a sample one written in C#;

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb165938(VS.80).aspx

Depending on the source control system, it may be advantageous to skip
the SCC API and create a plugin for visual studio directly. The
downside is it won't work with other IDE's that support SCC and it
will be more work. Upside is that it will work better if your source
control system doesn't fit MS's checkin/checkout paragidm (i.e.,
subversion).

HTH,

Sam

 

[leon.friesema]

Thanks for the info, this is exactly what I needed!

Leon