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Is Microsoft visual source code safety on my code

In many times, Microsoft visual source has removed files from my solution after a check-in for the whole solution. especially when I work in offline-mode for a while and then reconnect and check-in.

My question: Is it really safety to my code ?

You may will laugh, I always copy the code to a backup folder before make any check in for many projects in the solution.

Note: I work on my own with the solution [Not in team], I use it just for backup and version history.

Any idea, help!!

Thanks for advance.

Solution

  • Visual Source Safe is better than having nothing at all, however, has many problems and is seen as unreliable by many.

    Do yourself a favor and move yourself to either Subversion or a distributed SCM like Git or Mercurial.

    I have seen VSS databases get corrupted, though the biggest issue with it is when working with a team and the locking nature of the program (only one person can work on a file at one time).