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A check-in policy is a rule that is executed before every check-in to ensure that the selected changeset is OK to commit. Standard policies are stored on the server and are executed on the client machines.

Custom policies are implemented as custom plugins to IntelliJ IDEA. The IDs of these plugins are stored on the server, while the policies themselves are applied locally. Therefore, to enable the use of a policy in a team, all the team members should install the corresponding plugin.

In this section:

To define the default policy settings to be applied at the IntelliJ IDEA level
  1. Open the project settings, and then click TFS under the Version Control node.
  2. On the TFS page, that opens, select the applicable checkboxes in the Checkin policies compatibility area.
    • Evaluate Team Explorer policies: select this check box to have the Microsoft Team Explorer policy definitions installed and executed on the client machine.
    • Evaluate Teamprise policies: select this check box to have the Teamprise policy definitions installed and executed on the client machine.
    • Warn about not installed policies: select this check box to have warnings displayed in case the specified policy definition is not installed.
To suppress applying the default check-in policy settings to a project
  1. Open the project settings, and then click TFS under the Version Control node.
  2. On the TFS page, that opens, click the Manage button in the Servers and Workspaces area.
  3. In the Manage TFS Servers and Workspaces dialog box, that opens, select the project in question from the Team project drop-down list.
  4. In the Compatibility area, select the Override default settings for team project <project name> check box.
  5. Re-define the default settings by selecting or clearing the corresponding check boxes below.
    • Evaluate Team Explorer policies: select this check box to have the Microsoft Team Explorer policy definitions installed and executed on the client machine.
    • Evaluate Teamprise policies: select this check box to have the Teamprise policy definitions installed and executed on the client machine.
    • Warn about not installed policies: select this check box to have warnings displayed in case the specified policy definition is not installed.
To manage the list of available policies

The list of available policies consists of standard third-party policies and custom, user-defined policies.

  1. Open the project settings, and then click TFS under the Version Control node.
  2. On the TFS page, that opens, click the Manage button in the Servers and Workspaces area.
  3. In the Manage TFS Servers and Workspaces dialog box, that opens, select the required workspace and click the Checkin Policies button.
  4. In the Edit Checkin Policies dialog box, that opens, configure the list of policies:
    • To activate a policy, select the Enabled check box next to it.
    • To suppress a policy, clear the Enabled check box next to it.
    • To discard a policy permanently, select it in the list and click the Remove button.
To introduce a custom check-in policy
  1. Implement the required policy as a custom plugin.
  2. Download, install, and enable the plugin.

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