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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:56:24+00:00

So I’m in TFS (2008) source control and rename a file. I check in

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So I’m in TFS (2008) source control and rename a file. I check in the change and get a changeset which shows me that I renamed the file. The information in the changeset viewer contains the new directory and the new filename.

But I can find no way (except getting an older version of my whole source tree and looking for differences) of looking up the old filename/folder.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In the diff screen (from the changeset dialog, right-click the file and Compare... | With Previous Version...), the headers show the relevant filenames. At least, they do in TFS 2005. And only as much as will fit in the screen, which is sometimes not enough.

    edit if the change was just a ‘rename’, not a ‘rename, edit’, how about this: Using Team Foundation Server Power Tools from the command line, do a 

    tfpt history <filename> /format:detailed

    This will produce output that includes:

    Changeset: #

Items:
  rename <new name>

----------------------
Changeset: #

Items:
  add (or edit or whatever) <old name>

    It’s not very pretty but it shows the data you want.

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