http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/tags/Branch/default.aspxTags: Branchen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2009/04/18/how-to-view-history-of-an-item-across-branches.aspxSat, 18 Apr 2009 10:01:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9554889mohamedg1http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/comments/9554889.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9554889You can use tfpt history /followbranches to follow the history of an item across branches. We are looking into supporting this in the history dialog in the next version . You can see which versions are ported over during the merge operation if you use...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2009/04/18/how-to-view-history-of-an-item-across-branches.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9554889" width="1" height="1">VSTFSource ControlMergeBranchHistoryhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2009/04/11/how-to-switch-branches-in-a-workspace-without-getting-all-the-files-of-the-new-branch.aspxSat, 11 Apr 2009 11:17:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9544974mohamedg1http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/comments/9544974.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9544974One of the new features added in VSTF 2008 SP1 is that you can switch to another branch in your workspace and you don’t need to download all the files of the new branch. TFS will only download the files that differ in the new branch, if you use tf get...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2009/04/11/how-to-switch-branches-in-a-workspace-without-getting-all-the-files-of-the-new-branch.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9544974" width="1" height="1">VSTFSource ControlHow ToBranchWorkspacehttp://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2009/03/10/how-to-branch-without-getting-any-files.aspxTue, 10 Mar 2009 07:10:10 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9468659mohamedg0http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/comments/9468659.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9468659<p>If you want to save time and network bandwidth when creating a branch, you can use tf branch <strong>/noget</strong> or <strong>/silent</strong> which tells the server not do perform the get operations while branching. The branch will be created but local copies of the items won’t be created on disk, however, they will be downloaded next time you sync your workspace. This also means no more dumping of file names on the console screen which allows the command to return faster.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9468659" width="1" height="1">VSTFSource ControlHow ToBranch