How do I use git-tfs and idiomatic git branching against a TFS repository?

Question

How Do I Use git-tfs Idiomatically?

• The git idiom is to check out branches to the root directory of the repository. Checking out a branch will re

Answer 1

It's now possible to get the TFS branches to be correct Git branches if cloning using git-tfs. This is now in the stable release! You first clone not the entire repository but the trunk :

git tfs clone http://:8080 $/main/trunk

Then you run branch --init, which creates a new branch in the Git repository

git tfs branch --init $/MyProject/MyTFSBranch

in your case :

git tfs branch --init $/main/feature-logon

Or use the the --all flag on a fresh cloned repository to create ALL the branches present on the TFS server.

git tfs branch --init --all

You could also clone directly with all the branches using flag --with-branches:

git tfs clone http://:8080 $/main/trunk --with-branches

The documentation for this new command is here. Feel free to provide feedback to improve it...