A new open-source project has been released on CodePlex called the TFS Check-in Validation Tool. The main purpose of this project is to allow developers to run their changes through a full end-to-end build prior to checking them in.

It works basically like this:

1. Developer shelves their changes.
2. Developer starts a build using the BuddyBuild menu in Visual Studio:
   
3. Developer selects the shelveset they want to build and clicks Queue Build.
    
4. The TFS Check-In Validation Tool extends the default build process to get the shelveset after the normal get has been performed so that the developer’s changes are built as well. If the build succeeds then it can also (optionally) check-in the shelveset automatically.

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