Tfs Revision Manager Tool

The TfsRevisionManagerTool manipulates the revisions of a work item to reduce the number of revisions that are migrated.

Last updated: June 27, 2025 | Edit this page | Discuss this page

The TfsRevisionManagerTool manipulates the revisions of a work item to reduce the number of revisions that are migrated.

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Options

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault Value
EnabledBooleanIf set to true then the tool will run. Set to false and the processor will not run.missing XML code comments
MaxRevisionsInt32Sets the maximum number of revisions that will be migrated. “First + Last N = Max”. If this was set to 5 and there were 10 revisions you would get the first 1 (creation) and the latest 4 migrated.Not specified
ReplayRevisionsBooleanYou can choose to migrate the tip only (a single write) or all of the revisions (many writes). If you are setting this to false to migrate only the tip then you should set BuildFieldTable to true.true
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Samples

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Sample

Sample 

{
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.0",
    "CommonTools": {
      "TfsRevisionManagerTool": {
        "Enabled": "True",
        "MaxRevisions": "0",
        "ReplayRevisions": "True"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Defaults

Defaults 

{
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.0",
    "CommonTools": {
      "TfsRevisionManagerTool": {
        "Enabled": "True",
        "MaxRevisions": "0",
        "ReplayRevisions": "True"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Classic

Classic 

{
  "$type": "TfsRevisionManagerToolOptions",
  "Enabled": true,
  "ReplayRevisions": true,
  "MaxRevisions": 0
}
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Metadata

Metadata

Class Name
TfsRevisionManagerTool
Status
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Processing Target
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Type
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Created and maintained by Martin Hinshelwood of nkdagility.com

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