TFVC -> Git Import results in an empty repository

Question

Are imports broken as of 3/2/21?

I tried the import process several times today in different AzDO projects and each time I get an empty git repo upon completion of the migration.

I did see there was an issue associated with repo performance degradation and waited until it was resolved: https://status.dev.azure.com/_event/230197872

Permissions are not an issue. I attempted with elevated permissions and another user attempted as well.

Tried with and without history migration.

Answer 1

We can reproduce this issue on our side and we have reported this issue on our Developer Community forum, you could refer to this ticket to get the latest news.

As a workaround, we could migrate the TFVC repo to Git via git cmd.

Follow the migration guide and execute the clone command:

git tfs clone {TFVC repo URL}

Get all branches:

git tfs branch –init --all

For each branch, run these commands:

git checkout branch

git log -1

git tfs pull -c=changesetNumber

Create a new repo in the azure devops and get the repo URL. Then setup the git repository upstream:

git remote add origin {New repo URL}

Finally you push all your local changes to the Remote.

git push origin -u -all

You could refer to this blog and document for more details.