TFS - Track when a file was removed

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2013 and we have Team Foundation Server (I'm not sure which version) running on a server in my office. What I want to do is track when a specific file was removed from a project.

Instance: I was working on one of the older ASP.NET web applications and noticed that the Global.asax was removed. I have no idea when this happened. I don't want to go through every changeset to see where it was removed because, to date, this particular project has 494 changesets. This might not be a particularly high number, but still too many to investigate one by one.

Alternatively, is it possible to view the state of the entire project at each changeset and not just the changes?

Answer 1

In your visual studio, go to options --> Source Control --> Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Check the option "Show Deleted Items in the Source Control" explorer. You will see the deleted Global.asax file. Right click on it to see history.