I am currently working on a TFVC utility. Part of the functionality of the utility is for the user to select a sourcepath and have the system return all the branches that are related to the path. Here is what I was able to come up with to solve this. The sample will return an Item array that you can then work against to get the desired information.
private
TeamFoundationServer tfsServer = null;
private VersionControlServer vcs = null;
public Item[] GetMyRelatives(Item sourceItem)
{
tfsServer = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer(serverName, new UICredentialsProvider());
tfsServer.EnsureAuthenticated();
vcs = (VersionControlServer)tfsServer.GetService(typeof(VersionControlServer));
List<Item> listRelatives= new List<Item>();
BranchHistoryTreeItem[][] historyTreeArray = vcs.GetItemBranches(sourceItem);
BranchHistoryTreeItem treeItem = null;
if ((historyTreeArray.Length != 0) && (historyTreeArray[0].Length != 0))
{
treeItem = historyTreeArray [0][0];
}
//make sure we have some branches to work with
if (treeItem != null)
{
treeItem = treeItem .GetRequestedItem();
if (((treeItem .Parent.Relative.BranchToItem != null)) && (treeItem .Parent.Relative.BranchToItem.DeletionId == 0))
{
listRelatives.Add(treeItem .Parent.Relative.BranchToItem);
}
//loop through the all the children (if any)and get the relatives
foreach (BranchHistoryTreeItem treeItem2 in treeItem .Children)
{
if ((treeItem2 .Relative.BranchToItem != null) && (treeItem2 .Relative.BranchToItem.DeletionId == 0))
{
listRelatives.Add(treeItem2 .Relative.BranchToItem);
}
}
}
return listRelatives.ToArray();
Grant it that this is not production level, but it shows just another way that you can take advantage of the source control API available in TFS.
Hope it helps! Happy coding :-)
pjhacker