Pre-Tested (Delayed) Commit

An approach which prevents committing defective code into a build, so the entire team's process is not affected.

Submitted code changes first go through testing. If it passes all of the tests, TeamCity can automatically submit the changes to version control. From there, it will automatically be integrated into the next build. If any test fails, the code is not committed, and the submitting developer is notified.

The TeamCity plugins for IntelliJ IDEA, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008 and Eclipse extend the respective IDE with the remote run and pre-tested commit features. Developers test their changes by performing a remote run. A pre-tested commit is enabled when commit changes if successful option is selected.

For a list of Version Control Systems supported by each IDE please see supported platforms and environments.