How do I find and view a TFS changeset by comment text?
EASY WAY and no 3rd party apps/add-ons needed:
- Open Source Control Explorer
- "View History" from the root of TFS server
- Scroll to the bottom (it's fast with hitting "End" button continuously)
- Select all records, copy
- Open Excel and paste
Now the Excel will allow you to search through comments (Excel's a native app, don't argue..).
If you have TFS Power Tools installed, you can run this in a command prompt:
tfpt searchcs
to get a GUI window with options to search by committer and comment text. I'm using TFS Power Tools (March 2011 version) and TFS 2010.