Migrate from Team Foundation Version Control

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Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) is a centralized version control system similar to Git.

The main differences between TFVC and Git are:

• While TFVC is centralized using a client-server architecture, Git is distributed. Git has a more flexible workflow because you work with a copy of the entire repository. You can quickly switch branches or merge, for example, without needing to communicate with a remote server.
• Changes in a centralized version control system are per file (changeset), while in Git a committed file is stored in its entirety (snapshot).

For more information, see:

• The Microsoft comparison of Git and TFVC.
• The Wikipedia comparison of version control software.

Migrate to Git

We do not provide a tool to migrate from TFVC to Git. For information on migrating:

• If you're migrating on Microsoft Windows, see:
  • The git-tfs tool.
  • This TFS to Git migration information.
• If you're on a Unix-based system, see this TFVC to Git migration tool.