Transition from TFVC Path-Based Branches to Git

Question

We currently have one TFVC Repository with a lot of path-based branches at the folder levels. For example,

TFVC_Repo
   Product A (Folder)
      Dev (Branch)
      Main (Branch)
   Product B (Folder)
      Dev (Branch)
      Main (Branch)

If we convert this repo into Git and want to maintain a somewhat similar structure, since Git doesn't have folder-level branches, is the only option creating multiple repos for each Product? So, we'll end up with:

Git Repo Product A
      Dev (Branch)
      Master (Branch)
Git Repo Product B
      Dev (Branch)
      Master (Branch)

Thank you for any guidance you might have.

Answer 1

TFVC branch and Git branch, even though the name is similar, but there have been many differences.

Are there similarities between TFVC and Git branch strategies?

The TFVC Feature Isolation branching strategy is similar to the Git topic branches .

You should select a branching strategy for Git when you plan your migration to Git.

If you're currently using a long-lived feature branch strategy, it may be easiest to begin adopting feature flags before migrating to Git, so that you need to migrate as few branches as possible. Be sure to document the mapping between legacy branches and the new branches in Git so that your team understands where they should commit their new work.

More details please take a look at this tutorial： Plan your migration to Git

Besides, it's able to make branches to be created in folders with TFS GIT, please follow: Create a new branch from the web , just convenient to manage and only available with TFS 2017 above version.