Making a TFS Branch Read-Only

Question

We are trying to follow the branching strategy from the TFS Branching Guide and have reached the point where we have made a branch representing a release, which should now be made read-only.

In the Properties|Security tab for the branch, it presents six user groups each with 10 permissions other than Read. Do I have to go through and click Deny on 60 check boxes, or is there a better way to make this branch read-only?

Answer 1

As a quick-n-dirty, you could Lock it for Check Out (although the locker would have to remember to keep the lock in their pending changes forever... which makes me think there's a better way)

Answer 2

Right-click the branch in the Source Control Explorer, and select the Lock... option

Answer 3

To answer the 2nd part of the question -- removing or denying the Read permission effectively denies everything else.