KB196599 - FIX: Visual SourceSafe Hangs With Recursive Get on $/ With Label

Article ID: 196599

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2005

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q196599

SYMPTOMS

Visual SourceSafe (VSS) hangs when performing a recursive GET of a labeled version of the root project ($/).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, select Options from the Tools menu in the Visual SourceSafe (VSS) Explorer, and click the General tab. Select the "Act on Projects Recursively" option (note that after changing this setting you must exit the VSS Explorer for it to work on the command line). On the command line, do not use the -r switch. Use wildcards in the command. For example, if the command that is failing is as follows:

ss get $/ -r -vlbeta1

use this:

ss get $/*.* -vlbeta1

There is no workaround in the Visual SourceSafe Explorer.

STATUS

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

This problem happens only when using a Visual SourceSafe 6.0 client accessing a Visual SourceSafe 6.0-formatted database. If the database is in Visual SourceSafe 5.0 format, the command line returns the error "version not found." The same workaround can be applied.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Add a file to the root project.
Label the root project (for example, Label1).
At the command line, issue the following command:
```
ss get $/ -r -vlLabel1
					
```
In the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, select the root project.
From the Tools menu, click Show History, and select the Include Labels check box in the Project History Options dialog box.
Select the label (for example, Label1) from the History.
Click Get.

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