FIX: Sharing a File from Command Line Causes Corruption

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 5.0

SYMPTOMS

After running Analyze.exe with the -f switch, you may find the following message in the Analyze.log file:

The project <Project Name> contains a child that does not recognize this project as a parent. The child will be added to the project.

CAUSE

A file is shared to a project that contains a shared and deleted copy of the same file.

RESOLUTION

Avoid sharing a file from the command line when the file contains a deleted link to the target project. If you want to share the file, either recover the file or purge the shared file and share it again.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Visual SourceSafe 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Assume that you have a file named $/Proj1/File1 and a project named $/Proj2. File1 is shared from Proj1 to Proj2, then deleted (not destroyed) from Proj2. If you try to share the file again from the SourceSafe explorer, the following error occurs:

A deleted link to File1.txt already exists ...

The project Proj2 contains a child that does not recognize this project as a parent. The child will be added to the project.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create two projects and name them $/Proj1 and $/Proj2.



2. Add a file named File1.txt to $/Proj1 .



3. Right-click project Proj2 and then from the Context menu, choose Share.



4. In the Share dialog box, select the file File1 under $/Proj1.



5. Click Share, and then click OK.



6. Delete the file, File1.txt from $/Proj2.



7. Repeat steps 3-5.



8. The following error message appears:

   A deleted link to File1.txt already exists.




9. From the command prompt, run the following commands:

   ss cp $/proj2
   ss share $/proj1/File1.txt

   The files share and no error occurs.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600fix kbAnalyze
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug