<vssget>

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Used to retrieve an item or project from a Visual Source Safe database.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
localpath	directory	The path to the local working directory.	True
filetimestamp	FileTimestamp	Set the behavior for timestamps of local files. The default is `Current`.	False
recursive	bool	Determines whether to perform the get recursively. The default is true.	False
removedeleted	bool	If Path refers to a project, determines whether files marked "deleted" in the repository will be removed from the local copy. The default is false.	False
replace	bool	Determines whether to replace writable files. The default is false.	False
usemodtime	bool	Deprecated. Determines whether the timestamp on the local copy will be the modification time (if false or omitted, the checkout time will be used)	False
writable	bool	Determines whether the files will be writable. The default is false.	False
dbpath	file	The path to the folder that contains "srcsafe.ini".	True
path	string	The Visual SourceSafe project or file path you wish the perform the action on (starting with "$/").	True
failonerror	bool	Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.	False
if	bool	If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.	False
password	string	The password to use to login to the SourceSafe database.	False
unless	bool	Opposite of `if`. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.	False
user	string	Deprecated. The name of the user needed to access the Visual SourceSafe database. When no `username` is specified and "Use network name for automatic user log in" is enabled, then the current Windows username will be used to log in.	False
username	string	The name of the user needed to access the Visual SourceSafe database. When no `username` is specified and "Use network name for automatic user log in" is enabled for the Visual SourceSafe database, then the current Windows username will be used to log in.	False
verbose	bool	Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false.	False
version	string	A version of the path to reference. Accepts multiple forms, including the label, version number, or date of the version. If omitted, the latest version is used.	False

Examples

Get the latest files from a local sourcesafe database.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="C:\Dev\Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  dbpath="C:\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct"
                />

Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Put it in a relative directory.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs"
                />

Get the latest version of a file from a remote sourcesafe database. Remove any deleted files from local image.

                <vssget
                  user="myusername"
                  password="mypassword"
                  localpath="C:\Dev\Latest"
                  recursive="true"
                  replace="true"
                  writable="true"
                  removedeleted="true"
                  dbpath="\\MyServer\VSS\srcsafe.ini"
                  path="$/MyProduct/myFile.cs"
                />

Requirements

Assembly: NAnt.Contrib.Tasks (0.93.5041.0)