How to do git-flow in TFS

Question

I have just started a new job and their code management is an undisciplined mess. Normally that's ok and I can cope with it but in this place it's ridiculously bad.

They use TFS...there is nothing I can do about this. There is no chance of introducing git but I have been reading about git-flow and I wondered if there is a set of tools the can manage branching and hotfixing like git-flow with the out of the box TFS tools.

At the very least I would appreciate being directed to any documentation, practices, cheat-sheets etc that make the task of teaching a team of programmers to use source control properly easier. This is more than just a software problem its a hearts and mind thing too.

Answer 1

You should start with the ALM rangers branching guidance this will give you a starting point for defining a sane branching strategy. As for tooling, the out of the box tools aren't that bad in TFS 2012, what are the specific problems?