How to: Change Source Control Environment Settings
You can control default values for many source control environment settings by using this set of options. These settings include the following options:
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Which source control system you plan to use (for example, Team Foundation, Visual SourceSafe, independent developer, custom, and so on).
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Whether to get everything when you open a solution or project.
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Whether to check in everything when you close a solution or project.
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Whether to display a silent check-out command in menus.
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Whether to keep items checked out when you check them in.
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Whether you want prompts when saving or editing items.
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Whether you want to allow checked in items to be edited.
Required Permissions
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators or Users security group on the computer where Visual Studio is installed. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.
To change source control environment settings
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On the Visual Studio Tools menu, click Options, expand Source Control, and then click Environment.
Note If the Source Control node does not appear, click Show all settings.
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Make your changes using the Source Control Environment Settings controls. For more information about the settings, see Plug-in Tabs for Source Control (Options Dialog Box).
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Click OK.
