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I wouldn't be surprised if this VS extension already existed, but I can't quite figure out what keywords to use in a search...here's the scenario:
Typically, when I'm working on a feature, I'll constantly be referring to the same set of files that can come from various spots in the Solution Explorer tree.
When I'm ready to do a check-in, the Pending Changes window shows everything I've been working on, so that's a great quick reference, but as soon as I do the check-in, this list goes away. If the feature isn't yet quite complete, I have to find these files again in the Solution tree (assume I have more windows opened than the subset of files that make up the feature I'm working on).
What I'd like to be able to do is drag/drop a bunch of random files of my own choosing into some floating window (similar to the Toolbox, I guess) and give this group a name. All it is, is a list of files I can then pick from. I could then have multiple lists of these, with a name of my own choosing. I should be able to add/delete any number of files from any location to this list.
Does this sound like an VS extension anyone's encountered?
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I too have often wanted something like that, but never got round to really looking out for something. On rare occasions I have resorted to more than one IDE for the same solution.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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dandy72 wrote: as soon as I do the check-in, this list goes away.
Install SourceSafe, or similar. While not exactly a plugin, you can always get a nice history of which files you modified on that checkin, and compare it to older and/or newer versions.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I have TFS and have access to its full changeset history, but ultimately what I want is something that makes sense to leave open all the time, and drag/drop random files to a list. A changeset is a read-only list.
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Can't you click on the changeset number and that will display the list or look at the history and that will also give you a list (as Changeset Deatils)? (Hope I'm talking about the same thing you are; if not, ignore me).
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My fault for bringing up check-ins in my initial question to draw a bad analogy...as mentioned in another response, what I want is not necessarily a list of what changed and when, but something that lets me group together any number of random files (any type) on a window, and give me the ability to load them back in VS with a double-click...no matter where those files are located in the Solution Explorer view (if they exist there at all).
I'm working with a solution that contains over 70 projects, and quite literally thousands of files, and I'm constantly trying to find the same set of files.
If I had the time, I'd be happy to write and share my own extension; in terms of what I need it to do, it ought to be trivial.
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Bookmarks might be able to get close to what you want.
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Hmmm...this seems to be built on top of shelfsets, which have their place, but this is not what I'm talking about. Shelfsets track the state of files at a given point in time...what I'd like to see is way simpler than that, and doesn't need to be tied to any specific state or carry any sort of history with it.
I appreciate the suggestion nonetheless.
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we can get Bob some clothes.
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What kind of clothes are gonna cost $33,201,867? 
Herself can't even spend that much on shoes in her entire lifetime!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well, Wikipedia must be buying a lot of coffees for their employees, then. 
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Less than one each at Starbucks prices...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Not sure how many employees the have, but considering the amount of traffic they handle I'd wager their expenses aren't cheap. Wikipedia has never, ever been slow for me. Gotta say something for the way they run their stuff.
Jeremy Falcon
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OriginalGriff wrote: Herself can't even spend that much on shoes in her entire lifetime!
There's no way I'm gonna believe that! One, maybe two years tops.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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But it might get you a rise.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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With that kind of money she all of a sudden needs all of these.[^] I mean a lot of each of those. And you do too, or so she thinks. And she might as well get some for the dog. And the sheep.
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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OriginalGriff wrote: What kind of clothes are gonna cost $33,201,867?
Pretty good ones, I imagine.
OriginalGriff wrote: Herself can't even spend that much on shoes in her entire lifetime!
Amateur!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Someone's been on Wikipedia.
Jeremy Falcon
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The emperor has no clothes...
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Just throwing good money after bad, man.
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Halo (optical phenomenon) [^]
First time I've seen one that wasn't a photo in a book! Tried to take a picture but the iPhone wasn't up to the task. Quite spectacular.
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Back when he was almost normal: never really liked him: bland pop music.
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I've seen a few moon halos in foggy/hazy weather and sundogs twice around sunset. I've never seen any of the other arcs; and from an article I read a few years ago (probably in either Astronomy or Sky & Telescope) many of them are rare enough to be once or twice in a lifetime events even for people who check daily.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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