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Get email alerts from git commits in hybrid TFVC / Git Visual Studio Online project

The documentation Set alerts, get notified when changes occur shows how to set up email alerts so that I receive an email whenever Anything is checked in. The documentation makes the point that

For Git repository-based team projects, A commit is pushed to this team project appears in place of Anything is checked in.

But since Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1 we can add a Git repo to a team project created with Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) documentation.

In a hybrid Visual Studio Online TFS project that hosts both a TFVC instance and a git repository how do we get email alerts from git commits?

Solution

  • There isn't any way to achieve this for now. And there is already a feedback submitted on Microsoft Connection Page, refer to this link for details: Alert categories missing for TFVC-created Team Projects with additional Git repositories