Branch from local workspace

Question

I was developing team project and suddenly realised that i've made so many changes, that i need create branch.

I've never used branching in TFS and when i saw "Branch\ "From Workspace version" i thought that's, what i need. But this option doesn't act as i supposed.

How can i create new branch, from my "LOCAL COPY of Project" and include all local changes"? The option that I mentioned above creates something like branch from...i don't know exacly from what, but i know for sure, that not from my local version with all changes. As i noticed, generated branch doesn't have files and project which i added.

Answer 1

What I would do is:

• Shelve your work
• Branch from the appropriate source folder
• Use TFS Power Tools to unshelve to a different location
• Check in.

That way, you get a nice clean branch, and you get a record of the changes you have made.

Answer 2

1. Download and install TFS Power Tools
2. Shelve your work and remember the name
3. Create your destination branch from the trunk you've been working in
4. Map your new branch and get a local copy of the code
5. Open Windows PowerShell and change to the directory of the original source code

6. Run the following command replacing the Shelve set name and directory structure with your own:

   tfpt unshelve /migrate "MyShelveset" "/source:$/project/trunk" "/target:$/project/branch" 
   

(quotes around shelveset name are required if it contains spaces)

This should help you avoid some of the problems I ran into when I was trying to follow the original instructions.