Submitting previous versions to TFS version control

Question

I have an application that is developed without any version control system so far, and I want to use TFS version control from now.

I have different copies (snapshots) of projects files stored at different times of project development and I want to store them in TFS repository too.

• Can I use single workspace and copy each version to that workspace and check in? Does the changes to all files captured automatically this way?
• Where can I submit time and version history for each stored version?

Answer 1

So, you have the project in its current state and versions of it from previous dates?

From my experience, it's best to check-in the current version in Tfs as you would do for a new project. This becomes your working copy and all future changes are checked-in/checked-out and tracked in history.

For the pervious version, create an Archive folder in TFS with sub-folders for each date when you kept a copy of the project. Check in all files of that version into the appropriate folder. This can be used for reference.