Can't open branched project

Question

I have a large project about to go into the first stage of deployment, so I would like to branch the project for production vs continuing development.

I've been investigating Branching and Merging, and have created a branch. when I attempt to open the branched solution however, I get the message:

"The solution appears to be under source control, but its binding information cannot be found. Because it is not possible to recover this missing information automatically, the projects whose binding infomation is missing will be treated as not under source control".

I've checked and adjusted my local disk mappings to make sure that the folder depth is the same on both branches locally, and that I can correctly check files out to that location, but its had no impact on the issue.

So what is the proper guidance for creating a branched copy of the solution that I can open, work with, and check into the TFS branch?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Doas777,

You may refer to the guide here on how to use Branch and Merge in TFS:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181425(v=vs.100).aspx

Regards,

Catherine Sea
Version Control Software | TFS Hosting Service

Answer 2

Hi Doas777, 

Thanks for your post.

Could you provide the detailed steps to reproduce this scenario, I will follow your steps to reproduce that on my TFS Source Control, this will help us to provide the better response.   

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John Qiao [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 3

Thanks for your replies.

in terms of the issue, the steps are pretty simple, but I'm thinking that there is some aberration, it will be likely be hard to reproduce. simply make a branch, map it to a workspace, and then attempt to open the .sln in the branched workspace.

for now i have addressed the issue, by deleting the project collection, and creating a new one. after that I can make a branch, and open up the branched project without error.

@Catherine, Thanks, yes that is about the level of document I'm looking for. do you know any good docs on organizing your team project in preparation for branching?

Answer 4

Hi Doas777, 

Thanks for your reply. 

For how to design the Branch structure in Project development, please refer to TFS Branching Guide: http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/, there are several basic Branching structure type in the Guide.    

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John Qiao [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 5

Hi Doas777.

You are welcome. :)

You may check out the guide below on how to structure your projects:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb668953.aspx

Hope it helps.

Catherine Sea
Version Control Software | TFS Hosting Service