How do I move my code and change history from one TFS server to another?
Use this: TFS to TFS Migration Tool from CodePlex
There is now a "TFS Integration Platform" project on CodePlex which you can use. It makes migrating very easy and can keep your history.
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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...)
I have a project under the TFS account provided by my company. I want to copy the project under my personal TFS account so that I can play with it and do some changes for learning.
How can I do this?
It totally depends on what you want to do.
Executing a complete migration can be hard. You need specialized tooling like the TFS Integration Tools.
Probably the easiest solution is to do a snapshot migration of your source code (where you lose all history). Migrating work items can be done by using Excel and some copy/paste work.
Currently there are no out of the box options for migrating build definitions (although the build workflows are part of source control), test results and release templates.
If possible, just migrate your source code and the work items if you have them.
UPDATE
If you only want to migrate source code without history you can do this by taking a copy of the source code from TFS and then checking it into your new TFS server. Have a look at Understanding TFS migrations from on-premises to Visual Studio Online – Part 2: Walkthrough for a walkthrough created by the ALM Rangers to help you with this.
In our current setup, we have a top level TFS project and all the projects within in as separate folders with their Dev and Main branch.
To start trying VS Team Services, I am looking into migrating just a folder(Project) from TFS 2013 on-premise project to Team Services. Can I do that?
The options I am getting are to choose the project collection but not the folders within it? Is there a workaround for that.
It is not. You need to migrate everything as is.
If you want that level of control you need to use the TFS Integration Tools. They are a lot more configurable, and complicated to boot.
I would recommend that you move with only the head/tip.
I am trying to merge all my TFS Projects into a single project, as recommended.
However, all the tools seem pre TFS 11 (2012), and haven't been updated since.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction?
TFS Integration Tool can helps you. It works fine with TFS2013 for workitem and source control migration.
If you mean to integrate only the source code of multiple team projects into a team projects with in single collection then you can use Move version control operations to move source code.
If you want to migrate work items as well then you need to use TFS Integration tools.
Is there any way to move/migrate team projects of a Team project collection from one TFS server to another (both in TFS 2010 version). The destination Team Project collection contains a Team Project already and I want to move the source Team projects in to this particular team projects. So at the end I will have a Team Project which contains several projects in it. Is that possible? I want the history to be preserved as well.
If the above scenario is not possible, can I migrate Team projects from one server to another without going through the database backup-restore-TFS detach-attach process?
I thought of trying the TFSIntegration tool, but could see many people advised to avoid using this due to issues in it.
So if you have any information in accomplishing this, that would be great..
If you want all the history then you really only have 2 options:
TFS Integration platform - http://tfsintegration.codeplex.com/
Back up /restore the collection database - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd936138.aspx#Backup
I would recommend moving the database. This sounds pretty onerous but is actually quite easy.
Good Luck!
TFS INTEGRATION PLATFORM used for integration.
A tool which helps a lot named "witAdminUi".