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I've read in many places that renaming a branch is rather problematic in TFS 2010 : you may lose the history of the branch you just renamed ( as seen in this article or in this SO question )
I cannot find any mention of those problems in TFS 2012. Are there any consequences I should be aware of before renaming a branch in TFS 2012 ?
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Sign in to your organization. From the Projects page, choose actions for the project that you want to rename, and then choose Rename.
Branching in TFVC uses path-based branches that create a folder structure. When you create a branch, you define a source, usually the main folder, and a target. Then files from the main folder are copied into your branch. As developers work, they are encouraged to forward integrate (FI).
The biggest problem with renaming a branch, is that you will effectively be performing a baseless merge next time you merge to or from the renamed branch. This can cause a lot of pain.
I'm currently trying to untangle such a mess at the moment and its not pleasant. (Branch was renamed 4 months ago. The first merge from the branch was partial) its a nightmare I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy (who coincidently are the devs who renamed the branch and did the partial merge)
See this answer for more info
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DON'T DO IT!!! You might be able to rename it on the server, but from my experience TFS wants to check every file out... basically treating it like a copy.
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