Add an existing folder to TFS source control

team-explorertfsvisual studio 2010

Is there any way I can add an existing folder to source control in TFS? I have created a new folder outside of TFS, just in the file system, and would like to add it to source control, but the only apparent way to do this is the ridiculous workaround of renaming my new folder to a temp name, then creating the new folder in Source Control Explorer, then adding the items from my renamed, original new folder.

Best Answer

Just select the folder after selecting the "Add Items to Folder..." option. You can get to this is from the context menu you get when right clicking on a folder (either the name or the actual folder itself).

The next page of the wizard will present you with lists of included and excluded files. Select the files you want and then hit "Finish".

Then submit the pending changes.

Related Solutions

Create a new TFS Team Project and use existing source control folder

No - I'm afraid that you must have a folder in source control for your Team Project.

Under the hood a few settings for the Team Project are actually stored in the version control system on the "$/TeamProject" folder, hence the dependency TFS has for a version control folder to match the Team Project name.

Can I ask why you wanted to create a new team project like this? There might be another way to achieve what you want, or if not it would be valuable feedback for the Microsoft team anyway.

Moving multiple files in TFS Source Control

Use the tf.exe tool from the Visual studio commandline - it can handle wildcards:

tf.exe move <olditem> <newitem>

Example:

tf.exe move "$/My Project/V*" "$/My Project/Archive"

[EDIT] As noted in the comments: move is an alias for rename. Both commands move history.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Create a new TFS Team Project and use existing source control folder

Moving multiple files in TFS Source Control

Related Topic