TFS command line commands
COMMANDS
Add tf add itemspec [lock:none|checkin|checkout] [/type:filetype]
[/noprompt] [/recursive]
Branch tf branch olditem newitem [/version:versionspec] [/noget] [/lock]
[/noprompt] [/recursive]
Branches tf branches [/s:servername] itemspec
Changeset tf changeset [/comment:comment|@commentfile] /s:servername
[/notes:("NoteFieldName"="NoteFieldValue"|@notefile)] [/noprompt]
([/latest]|changesetnumber)
Checkin tf checkin [/author:authorname] [/comment:("comment"|@commentfile)]
[/noprompt]
[/notes:("Note Name"="note text"|@notefile)]
[/override:reason|@reason] [/recursive] filespec …]
Checkout tf checkout|edit [/lock:(none|checkin|checkout)] [/recursive]
[/type:encoding] itemspec
Configure tf configure pathtoproject /server:servername
Delete tf delete [/lock:(none|checkin|checkout)] [/recursive] itemspec
Difference tf difference itemspec [/version:versionspec] [/type:filetype]
[/format:(visual|unix|ss)] [/ignorespace]
[/ignoreeol] [/ignorecase] [/recursive] [/options:"options"]
tf difference itemspec itemspec2 [/type:filetype]
[/format:(visual|unix|ss)] [/ignorespace] [/ignoreeol]
[/ignorecase] [/recursive] [/options:"options"]
tf difference [/shelveset:[shelvesetowner;]shelvesetname]
shelveset_itemspec [/server:serverURL]
[/type:filetype] [/format:(visual|unix|ss)] [/ignorespace]
[/ignoreeol] [/ignorecase] [/recursive] [/options:"options"]
tf difference /configure
Dir tf dir [/s:servername] itemspec [/version:versionspec] [/recursive]
[/folders] [/deleted]
Get tf get itemspec [/version:versionspec] [/all] [/overwrite] [/force]
[/preview] [/recursive] [/noprompt]
Help tf help commandname
History tf history [/s:servername] itemspec [/version:versionspec]
[/stopafter:number] [/recursive]
[/user:username] [/format:(brief|detailed)] [/slotmode]
Label tf label [/s:servername] labelname@scope [/owner:ownername]
itemspec [/version:versionspec]
[/comment:("comment"|@commentfile)] [/child:(replace|merge)]
[/recursive]
tf label [/s:servername] [/delete] labelname@scope
[/owner:ownername] itemspec [/version:versionspec]
[/recursive]
Labels tf labels [/owner:ownername] [/format:(brief|detailed)]
[/s:servername] [labelname]
Lock tf lock itemspec /lock:(none|checkout|checkin)

0; [/workspace:workspacename] [/server:serverURL] [/recursive]
[/noprompt]
Merge tf merge [/recursive] [/force] [/candidate] [/discard]
[/version:versionspec]
[/lock:none|checkin|checkout] [/preview] [/baseless] [/nosummary]
source destination
Merges tf merges [/s:servername] [source] destination [/recursive]
Permission tf permission [/allow:(* |perm1[,perm2,…]]
[/deny:(*|perm1[,perm2,…])]
[/remove:(* |perm1[,perm2,…])]
[/inherit:yes|no] [/user:username1[,username2,…]] [/recursive]
[/group:groupname1[,groupname2,…]]
[/server:servername] itemspec
Properties tf properties [/recursive] itemspec
Rename tf rename [/lock:(none|checkout|checkin)] olditem newitem
Resolve tf resolve itemspec [auto:(AcceptMerge|AcceptTheirs|AcceptYours)]
[/preview]
[(/overridetype:overridetype | /converttotype:converttype)]
[/recursive]
Shelve tf shelve [/move] [/replace] [/comment:(@commentfile|"comment")]
[/recursive] shelvesetname[;owner] filespec
tf shelve /delete [/server:serverURL] shelvesetname[;owner]
Shelvesets tf shelvesets [/owner:ownername] [/format:(brief|detailed)]
[/server:serverURL] shelvesetname
Status tf status itemspec [/s:servername]
([/workspace:workspacename[;workspaceowner]] |
[/shelveset:shelvesetname[;shelvesetowner]])
[/format:(brief|detailed)] [/recursive] [/user:(*|username)]
Undelete tf undelete [/noget] [/lock:(none|checkin|checkout)]
[/newname:name] [/recursive] itemspec[;deletionID]
Undo tf undo [/workspace:workspacename [;workspaceowner]]
[/s:servername] [/recursive] itemspec
Unlabel tf unlabel [/s:servername] [/recursive] labelname itemspec
Unshelve tf unshelve [/move] [shelvesetname[;username]] itemspec
View tf view [/s:servername] [/console] [/noprompt] itemspec
[/version:versionspec]
WorkFold tf workfold localfolder
tf workfold [/workspace: workspacename]
tf workfold [/s:servername] [/workspace: workspacename]
repositoryfolder
tf workfold [/map] [/s:servername] [/workspace: workspacename]
repositoryfolder|localfolder
tf workfold /unmap [/s:servername] [/workspace: workspacename]
[/recursive] (repositoryfolder|localfolder)
tf workfold /cloak (repositoryfolder|localfolder)
[/workspace: workspacename] [/s:servername]
tf workfold /decloak (repositoryfolder|localfolder)
[/workspace:workspacename] [/s:servername]
Workspace tf workspace /new [/noprompt]
[/template:workspacename[;workspaceowner]]
[/computer:computername] [/comment:("comment"|@commentfile)]
[/s:servername]
tf workspace /delete [/s:servername]
workspacename[;workspaceowner]
tf workspace [/s:servername] [/comment:comment]
[/newname:workspacename] workspacename[;workspaceowner]
Workspaces tf workspaces [/owner:ownername] [/computer:computername]
[/s:servername] [/format:(brief|detailed)]
[/updateUserName:oldusername]
[/updateComputerName:oldcomputername] workspacename
ITEMSPECS
Can contain wildcards *, ? and #
Can contain relative path parts . and ..
Can reference file system or UNC paths mapped to a workspace or server
paths (which start with $/). You can usually specify more than one
file separated by spaces for an itemspec (useful for edit, add, delete
commands)
VERSIONSPECS
Date/Time Dmm/dd/yyyy
Changeset number Cnnnnnn
Label Llabelname
Latest version T
Workspace Wworkspacename;workspaceowner
ALIASES
/changeset /G /noprompt /I
/comment /C /owner /O
/computer /M /recursive /R
/delete /D /server /S
/force /P /slotmode /X
/format /F /template /T
/help /?,/H /user /U
/lock /K /version /V
/login /Y /workplace /W
/newname /N