The following email chain explains the enhancement to allow the TFS plugin to
pull down code from a label or date instead of just the latest.

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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Erik Ramfelt <eramfelt@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Sure, that should not be a problem to add an optional parameter for
> version. And together with Kohsuke's change it will also support build
> parameters. I will try to look at asap.
>
> //Erik
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM, <matt.dimich@thomsonreuters.com>
wrote:
>> I think all that would be needed is to add a /version parm to the get
>> command. Then you could specify a changeset, date time, label etc in
that
>> field to build whatever build you want. Here's a snippet from msdn:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fx7sdeyf(VS.80).aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /version
>>
>> Optional version specification. The versionspec is the version of the
item
>> you want to retrieve. You can specify a version by:
>>
>> * Date/time (D10/20/2005)
>>
>> * Changeset version (C1256)
>>
>> * Label (Lmylabel)
>>
>> * Latest version (T)
>>
>> * Workspace version (Wworkspacename;owner)
>>
>> * If no version is provided, Team Foundation Server retrieves
the
>> latest server version of the specified itemspec into your workspace.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I suppose the default value could be the current date and time, and
if an
>> optional parameter was sent in use that value instead? Thoughts?
>>
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  >> Matt Dimich
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>> ----Original Message----
  >>
  >>> From: erik.ramfelt@gmail.com erik.ramfelt@gmail.com On
  Behalf Of
  >>
  >>> Erik Ramfelt
  >>
  >>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:41 PM
  >>
  >>> To: users@hudson.dev.java.net
  >>
  >>> Subject: Re: TFS build by label?
  >>
  >>>
  >>
  >>> As I can remember there is no support for building by label at all
  in
  >>
  >>> the TFS plugin. But I think it shouldnt be too hard to add if I can
  >>
  >>> get some help on what commands that the TFS command line tool
  wants,
  >>
  >>> and their output.
  >>
  >>>
  >>
  >>> For the question about parameterized builds and SCM labels, does
  >>
  >>> anyone have any idea on how do it properly?
  >>
  >>>
  >>
  >>> //Erik
  >>
  >>>
  >>
  >>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:50 PM, <matt.dimich@thomsonreuters.com>
  wrote:
  >>
  >>> > I want to be able to build by pulling code from a label in TFS. I
  would
  >>
  >>> > think it could be a parameterized build and the label to build
  could be
  >>
  >>> > passed in. Has anyone else done this in TFS or other SCM? Is it
  >>
  >>> currently
  >>
  >>> > possible?
  >>
  >>> >
  >>
  >>> >
  >>
  >>> >
  >>
  >>> > Thanks!
  >>
  >>> >
  >>
  >>> > Matt