tfs - Team Foundation Server switch between branches

Question

Can we switch between branches in TFS

what i want is i downloaded a working copy and now I want to switch to different branch without downloading everything, because for large projects it will take lot of time since developers spend lot of time downloading

Is it possible, if not any workaround ??

Answer 1

You can switch branches from the command-line client (only downloading the differences) by changing your workspace mappings and using the /remap flag to the get command:

tf workfold /map $/Branch1 C:Work
tf get C:Work /version:T /recursive
tf workfold /unmap $/Branch1
tf workfold /map $/Branch2 C:Work
tf get C:Work /remap /version:T /recursive