Why is the [Trunk] icon not displayed for my Trunk branch?

Question

In TFS when I create a new folder strcuture and added a new folder to the root folder called "Trunk". Other solutions in TFS display a [Trunk] icon beside that folder like this

BUT my [Trunk] branch just has a [Folder] icon beside it. Why?

Answer 1

In TFS, we can't create branch directly in Solution Explorer. You have to convert a folder to a branch.

If you have done this and still can't show the branch icon. Double check if you encounter the following situations:

Important:

You cannot nest branches; therefore, you cannot convert any folder to a branch if it either contains a branch or is contained by a branch. For example, the following illustration shows how neither the parent nor the child of the FeatureTeamA branch can be converted to a branch.

Answer 2

You need to tell TFS it's a branch, rather than a folder

right click on the folder you wish to convert, Click 'Branching and Merging', choose convert to branch. Tfs will now treat the folder as a branch

this is from TFS13, I'd assume 15 will be the same