Microsoft KB Archive/193585

= BUG: Recursive History Fails if Used With -f- Switch =

Article ID: 193585

Article Last Modified on 3/10/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193585



SYMPTOMS
When the SourceSafe History command is used on a project with the -r (recursive) and -f- (Do Not Display Individual File Updates) switches, the -r switch does not work correctly.



CAUSE
This problem only occurs when using the -r and -f- switches together.



RESOLUTION
Use the SourceSafe Explorer to generate a recursive project history that does not show file updates.

To accomplish this, clear the "Include file checkins" option in the Project History Options dialog box.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
From the SourceSafe Explorer:
 * 1) Create a project named TestProj under $/, then add a subproject named SubProj under TestProj.
 * 2) Add some files to the TestProj and SubProj projects. Next, check out, modify, and check in the files to create some history for the files.

From the Command Line:   Set the current database with the following command: set ssdir =    Get the history for the project, $/TestProj in addition to the subprojects for $/TestProj with the following command: ss history -r -f- $/TestProj 

Notice that only the files contained in $/TestProj are listed instead of the files in both the $/TestProj and $/TestProj/SubProj directories.

