Shared workspace mappings

For everyone that has used TFS source control it is well known fact that it is impossible to create more than one workspace mapping to same directory (in single or different workspace on same workstation). When you try to do that, TFS error message pops up informing you that the path is already mapped somewhere.

For non-shared computer there is no probem in the situation; you just use the workspace with mapping or create a new path.

Now, on workstations used by several people (for example, integration stations) there may be lot of value in the "shared" workspace, namely so that each user after logging in has mapping in his workspace to the same path. Until today, I did not think that possible, but came across very interesting post in MSDN newsgroup that suggests a solution.

The solution is simple and elegant! You just map disk drive to the directory, and while users Alice and Bob have mappings in their workspaces to G:\ProjectA and F:\ProjectA, they in fact will be working with same project in c:\src\ProjectA. One might note that it is not single shared workspace but instead workspace per user with the same mapping, but heck - that's the best solution we have! Surely beats having separate directory for each user just for mapping.

Kudos to Nate for suggesting the solution.