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copied!<p>Note: the <a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2015/04/22/library-of-tooling-and-guidance-solutions-aka-msvsarsolutions/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Version Control (ex Branching and Merging) Guide</a> can help here.</p> <p>In the "Single Dev Team Scenario 2.0.pdf" document of <a href="http://tfsbranchingguideii.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20785#DownloadId=52465" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TFS Branching Guide - Lab.zip</a> file, you will see that the creation of a branch is followed by a commit (a checking of all files from the original branch.<br> The space used is minimized, as described in <a href="http://branchingguidance.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Isolation%20for%20Collaboration&referringTitle=Home" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Isolation for Collaboration</a> page:</p> <blockquote> <p>When you create a new branch and commit, all of the files in the new branch that are identical to the files in the source branch point to the same content.<br> The result is that a branch consumes very little additional storage space, and that storage space expands only when the branched file becomes different than the source.<br> And even when files change, Team Foundation Server employs a differencing engine to analyze changes between files and once again optimize storage space.</p> </blockquote> <p>So it is heavy branching for TFS2008 (with space optimization).</p> <p>In TFS2010, branches are first class object and easily separated from simple folders.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/S84ah.jpg" alt="TFS branches"></p>

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