VSTS REST API for creating TFVC Branch

Question

I am trying to automate some of my build related tasks, which includes creating new release branch and build definitions for each release. I use VSTS TFVC for version management. When i am trying to do it with TFS REST API, i couldn't find any API for creating branch (microsoft documentation).

I can see .NET API available to do this; unable to find one as REST API.

Answer 1

No such a REST API to create branch for now, I have submitted a user voice here to suggest the feature, you can go and vote it up to achieve that in future.

As a workaround you can try below ways to create a branch in code or script:

• Just as @Shayki mentioned you can use Client Object Model Reference if you want to manage the Version Control programmatically. Just use the "CreateBranch()" method in Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer class to create a branch.
• Besides, you can also use the Branch Command to create a branch.

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tf branch olditem newitem [/version:versionspec] [/noget] [/lock:(none|checkin|checkout)] [/noprompt] [/silent] [/checkin] [/comment:("comment"|@commentfile)] [/author:authorname] [/login:username, [password]] [/recursive]