I'm working on migrating a team project from an on-premise TFS server into an existing Team Project on VSTS. Both Team Projects use Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) as its source control system.
First I looked into Microsofts TfsMigrator tool, but this require me to create a new VSTS account. Then I've been looking into VSTS Sync Migrator which will allow me to transfer work items, but not source code history.
So I'm now wondering:
Is there any way of migrating the source code to the existing TFVC repository without losing history?
Alternatively, can we create a new Team Project in VSTS and move the source code there, and still keep the history?
Been trying both, but can't figure out a way. Google only want me to migrate to Git, which is not what I want.
We decided to create a new GIT repository in our Team Project, and then migrate our code there using git-tfs.
An alternative would be to use OpsHub, but that would require a new Team Project.
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I have some projects on TFVC source control on TFS 2010. I want just to migrate the source code from TFS 2010 to TFVC on Azure DevOps Server.
I don't want to process an upgrade of the entire collection to a newest version. I Just want to transfer my code with history.
I tried Git-TFS. I cloned my repository on TFS 2010, but I don't know how I can update the remote URL for TFVC repos and push on Azure DevOps Server.
Any ideas how I can do it? Or other tools that I can use?.
In the case I decide to migrate without history how can I do it?
Thanks.
git-tfs is a two-way bridge between TFS (Team Foundation Server) and git, similar to git-svn. It fetches TFS commits into a git repository, and lets you push your updates back to TFS.
If you want to move code from TFVC on TFS2010 to TFVC on Azure DevOps 2019 and keep history.
You have to do the upgrade process of entire project collection.
In the case I decide to migrate without history how can I do it
You could just create corresponding new team projects and workspaces. Pull down your source code from your TFS2010 workspaces/projects. Copy and paste source code files/folders in new workspace. Then check in them back to Azure DevOps Server 2019.
We advise you keep preview TFVC repository of 2010 online but read-only to view history.
Same with Azure DevOps Service, hope this helps.
Disclaimer: I'm the last maintainer of the git-tfs tool (even if I no more work on it)
Git-tfs could be used to migrate from TFVC to git (with history and branches if your history is not too complex).
But in no way it could be used to push this history to another empty TFVC project.
So don't expect something from here.
Fun fact (not so fun for you) :
To prevent regression developing git-tfs, I created a TFVC project on Codeplex used to run smoke tests in a Continuous Integration job.
When Microsoft decided to close Codeplex, I contacted a guy working in the source control team inside Microsoft to help me migrate from Codeplex to Azure Devops (at the time called VSTS) which is the problem you try to solve.
I don't know if they put a lot of effort into this but no one was able give me a solution. The only thing they think about was to use git-tfs, that I confirm you is not able to do it!
That could give you an idea of the problem you're trying to solve...
Ps: that also show that TFVC is not an enough flexible source control and their is a much higher added value to migrate to git (like nearly everyone is doing it...)
My usecase:
Currently have TFS 2012 (on Prem)
Want to move to VSTS
Want to migrate only the SourceCode with history, don't need any workitems, etc.
Questions:
1. What are the tools I can use?
2. Is it mandatory to upgrade to TFS 2018 first before migrating to VSTS
If you want to migrate the source code only then you have 3 options.
The MS recommended route is to upgrade to TFS 2018 and then use the Database import feature of VSTS. This is the only way to keep using TFVC and keep the full history in tact.
You could use OpsHub however this comes with limitations as it will "replay" the history so the changeset history will reflect the time of the migration rather than the time of the original check-in. Also if you have multiple team projects then you might need to pay for the tool.
If you only want the code and you are happy considering changing version control systems from TFVC to Git then this might be the simplest option. You could use Git-TFS essentially you would clone the TFS (TFVC) repository to a local Git repository. At this point you would have a full "copy" of version control including history and branches, but in Git instead of TFVC. You could then push this up to VSTS, the only "downside" is that you would now be using Git rather than TFVC, Git is good, but different so you will want to think about that.
I found articles on GIT back up and restore but I did not find any on Microsoft TFS Scheduled backup for GIT version control.
This document describes on how TFS's traditional versioning can be scheduled for automatic back up. Configure a backup schedule and plan for Team Foundation Server
However, I did not find any link where I can read that "GIT repository is also included in schedule". I am not a TFS expert and I do not have access to TFS server to verify in person. So any help is appreciated.
The tutorial you are refer which is Scheduled Backups tool. It' a build-in tool on the Scheduled Backups page in the TFS Administration console.
It' the whole database back up not only referring to source control, but also work items, pull requests, builds, test plans or anything else that the service offers.
As a limitation, you need both an administrator for TFS and a member of the SQL Server System Administrators group.
And no need to to verify in person, it's under SQL server, when you want to use the backup, just restore the database.
If you are actually using the online VSTS . For now there is no build-in tool and got a uservoice:
Provide a backup service for Visual Studio Team Services
https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/330519-visual-studio-team-services/suggestions/5339461-provide-a-backup-service-for-visual-studio-team-se
However if you just want a git repository(source code) back up, you could use some 3rd-party tool to achieve this:
We use the VSO Rest API to query our VSO account and get all the data
we need. Since in VSO you can only have one Team Project Collection,
we retrieve all the team projects of the default collection. Each of
these team projects can have multiple repositories that need to be
backed up. A folder is created for each team project and saved to a
location on disk that can be configured in the app.config. When the
team project folder is created, the task loops over each repository in
the team project and creates folders for each repository.
Source Link
You can also fork it on GitHub here. Certainly, you should also be able to use this for on-premise TFS also use the API, just need to change some part.
TFS is implemented the way to keep Git repositories in the SQL Server database, too. Thus, when you follow the instructions from the article you reference, the source code will also be included in the backup, no difference whether it is TFVC or Git.
I want to upload android source code on TFS using visual studio and my server side is written using C#
how to create repository for android on TFS
UPDATE1:
Please read Get Started documents first:
Get Started with Git and Team Services
Get Started with TFVC
UPDATE2:
If you just want to isolate the documents from the source code, you can create a new folder under the project, or create a new branch to store the documents, of cause you can create another repository, it's based on your requirements. Please see this article for details.
Do you have any special requirements? If not, nothing different with other projects. Assuming you are using TFVC, just try following below steps:
Connect from Visual Studio or Team Explorer
Create a team project
Add repositories
Configure your workspace and check in the source files/changes.
You can create the repository individually for client and server projects as needed.
If you just want to upload the existing source code to TFS, you just need to Put an existing solution under version control
Please see the overview documents for more information.
If you are using Android Studio, you can install the Team Services Plugin for Android Studio with Git repositories used. See here fro more info.
I'm new to using TFS 2015 ALM with the integrated source control. Previously I've used the ALM with a non Microsoft SCM product.
I am used to creating the ALM project which has no linkto SCM.
Now, when creating a new TFS project I am prompted to create a new source control project. I cannot figure out how to use an existing source control project. surely the ALM is not directly linked to an SCM project of the same name, there must be a way of configuring the SCM project used.
A TFS project will always be created with one Source Control repository. You're free to use it or not.
It is possible to create a Process Template that doesn't initialize a Source Control repository, but none of the default process templates are configured this way. I'd not recommend removing this option from the Process Template as it makes upgrades and migration harder.