TFPT unshelve /migrate across workspaces

Question

Thank you to Ben Cull for providing the unshelve/migrate instructions in his blog:

Problem:

Unable to unshelve migrate across workspaces

Setup:

• Workspace 1, Branch a
• Workspace 2, Branch b
• Shelveset 999

Execution:

using VSDevCmd.bat

• tfpt workspaces showed that workspace 1 & 2 do exist
• tfpt unshelve /migrate /source:"$/project/a" /target:"$/project/b" "999"

Result:

"cannot be unshelved because the server path is not mapped in the local workspace"

Expected:

"merge was successfull"

Research:

I have reviewed unshelve on Microsoft Docs and could not find a workspace parameter.

Question:

Is this possible?

Answer 1

No

This is not possible. You'll need to map both paths in the workspace. Workspace is athe "container" for work in TFVC and there is no command that works cross workspaces.