Hi, TFS 2010 introduced the ability to convert basic folders into branches. The documentation also speaks of "reparenting a branch" (which does not appear in source control explorer context menu but is accessible only through File>Source Control> Branching & Merging ... hard to find ...)
Let's say I have folders A and A2 under source control. A2 was COPIED from A some time ago, but is not a branch of A. It is just copied, added to source control and checked-in. Since they are declared as branches, there are no history of merge operations between A and A2.
The commands "Convert to branch" and "Reparent branch" make me think that both A and A2 can be converted from basic folders to branches and A can be configured as the parent branch of A2, thus giving me the ability to use all the juicy branch features of TFS 2010.
I couldn't get this done. I converted both A and A2 to branches but there are no relations between them. While trying to "reparent" A2, I can not selected A as a parent branch.
How can I do this? If what I am trying to do is not possible, then what is "Convert to branch" and "Reparent Branch" good for?