TFS Equivalent of SVN Export
Here is a little trick to download the latest version of a source control folder from TFS. The idea is to use the Web Access API to retrieve the data. Basically, you will get a Zip containing the HEAD version of the specified source control folder. Here is the URL you have to use : http:// tfs-server : port /tfs/ Collection / TeamProject /Team /_api/_versioncontrol/itemContentZipped?repositoryId=&path= url-encoded-source-control-path The yellow parameters are mandatory, the green ones can be omitted. Replace the parameters as described: tfs-server is the TFS server hostname port is the TFS port (usually 8080) Collection is the name of your team project collection TeamProject is the name of your team project Team is the name of the team url-encoded-source-control-path is the URL encoded source control path (for example, $/Project1/Main/Sources/Folder/SubFolder becomes %24%2FProject1%2FMain%2FSources%2FFolder%2FSubFolder The main benefit of this URL is that it allo