Change default remote for git-tfs repository

Question

I am working against the customer's on premises TFS server using the git-tfs bridge. Yesterday they migrated their installation to a new version + changed the URL of the server, migrating all the history and the work items to a new instance.

Is there a way to remap my existing git repository to the new default remote?

I tried to manually edit the url property of the [tfs-remote "default"] so it points to the new address and run every possible cleanup* command. However, on a fetch attempt there is a bootstrapping process adding a new tfs-remote with the old URL to the config file.

Answer 1

You've got 2 solutions:

• The first , which should be the easier. But, because git-tfs has evolved a lot since it was implemented, I don't know if it still work even if it should...

• Second, that will work for sure, is to update the metadata of the commit corresponding to last changeset fetched from the old TFS. It is used by git-tfs to bootstrap the new tfs-remote when none is found in the gitconfig file.

1. Amend the git commit and replace the url in the metadata (something looking like that: git-tfs-id: [https://tfs.codeplex.com:443/tfs/TFS16]$/vtccds/trunk;C26497 ) to point to the new TFS.

2. Create a backup of your original .git/config file:

    cp .git/config .git/config.bak

3. Remove all the [tfs-remote] settings in the .git/config file.

4. Just do a normal git tfs fetch from the command line.

Answer 2

Thanks to Philippe for his answer... I would add that if you work with severl branches you need to update the config entry for each branc and add a

legacy-urls = http://old-url:8080/tfs/Projects

for each one, like

[tfs-remote "Project/branch/..."]
    url = http://newurl:8080/tfs/Projects
    repository = ....
    legacy-urls = http://old-url:8080/tfs/Projects

This will allow git-tfs to accept the checkin of these branches.