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Reputation: 17065

How to create new root folders in a Team Project source control?

I'd like to recreate a folder hierarchy like in this example (from TFS Branching Guide Main 2010 v1): enter image description here

The problem is I cannot understand how to create additional root-level folders, like those Development and Release in the picture above, to put new child branches into.
The New Folder command option becomes available only at levels beneath root-level branches.

How to create new root folders in a Team Project source control at the Main branch level?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 32441

Answers (3)

Tom Stickel
Tom Stickel

Reputation: 20411

You cannot add a folder to root in TFS to an unmapped as mentioned. However one good way to do this is with the following example.

Scenario:

  1. You want to have a NEW Folder to contain many NEW Projects
  2. Right click on your solution and Add solution to source control
  3. At this point you can create a folder on root with say name of "WebServices"
  4. Then you continue through with the popup in adding in your project/solution

For me this works fine, although I too would prefer the freedom to setup a folder structure ahead of time for myself and other developers without having to commit/check-in code etc.

Upvotes: 1

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 135

Here is what I did.

  1. Connect to the desired collection in Team Explorer.
  2. Click the down arrow at the end of the "Connect" row.
  3. From the drop-down menu provided select "Projects and My Teams".
  4. Select "New Team Project".

And now you have a new "Directory" under the collection root.

Upvotes: 3

John Saunders
John Saunders

Reputation: 161783

Make sure that your workspace maps at the Team Project level ("StandardBranchPlan" in the picture). I just tried this, and found that "New Folder" does not appear if I have the wrong workspace selected, but once I select a workspace that maps the folder under which I want to create a new folder, "New Folder" became enabled.

Upvotes: 23

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