Re: Win32::OLE to access VSS repo?

Why? What do you want to do with the data? Hopefully you want to export it out of stupid Microsoft products and into something smart like git, right? Surely you can check out the entire project into a directory and just check it into git and be done. The link you referenced is broken by the way, here is the link for reference: PERL OLE connection to VSS from 2002. 12 years ago!

Let's stop using Microsoft products because they are awful and leave you stranded like you are now.

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Re^2: Win32::OLE to access VSS repo? by stevieb (Canon) on Dec 16, 2016 at 15:03 UTC
"Let's stop using Microsoft products because they are awful and leave you stranded like you are now." I'd just like to point out here that many of the people here on Perlmonks (as well as other help sites) are asking about problems they face at work, and many companies (most if we're talking medium-large) have policies in place which dictate what software/processes/etc must be used. This means that for many, ditching entire platforms and vendors is out of the question.	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::OLE to access VSS repo? by cormanaz (Deacon) on Dec 16, 2016 at 00:12 UTC
Relax. I am not using VSS. I'm doing research on a project that used VSS 12 years ago. Trying to get whatever info I can about coding activity on the project, i.e. number of lines present in each version, adds, deletes, changes. It takes a lot of clicks to do that on VSS, and there are a lot of branches in the repo, so looking for an automated solution.	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::OLE to access VSS repo? by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Dec 16, 2016 at 14:05 UTC
2016 - 2002 = 14.	[reply]