Special actions in commit messages

Connecting commits with Work Items

As of v0.13, special keywords inserted in Git commit messages can be used during an rcheckin to associate or resolve TFS Work Items.

Associating a work item

A git commit message containing git-tfs-work-item: <id> associate will associate the changeset (generated as part of the rcheckin process) with work item #(id)

Resolving a work item

A git commit message containing git-tfs-work-item: <id> resolve will resolve work item #(id)

Overriding checkin policies

As of Commit fd973eee10270, a git commit message containing git-tfs-force: <reason> will force the checkin, overriding TFS Checkin Policies with the given <reason>. The reason is required when forcing a checkin.