title: Can you copy or clone projects and files in TFS to other directories in the same source tree with history?
body: <p>What I need seems to be the reverse of this SO questions: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24938635/can-i-copy-not-branch-a-directory-in-tfs">Can I Copy (Not Branch) a Directory in TFS?</a></p>
  
  <p>Example:  I have a source tree that has 2 solutions but for the next version they want a single solution and they don’t want to use ‘branching’</p>
  
  <pre><code>/DefaultCollection/root/solution1
      /project1
      /project2
  /DefaultCollection/root/solution2
      /project3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Would like to keep the current source where it is for the time being and create copies or clones to get to something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/DefaultCollection/root/solution1v2
      /project1
      /project2
      /project3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In the process, I don't want to loose the history when we switch over to the new v2 project (though I could handle loosing the future history of the older project structure ... maybe a snapshot instead of a clone?)</p>
  
  <p>To me it seems like creating a branch and just never merging it would make sense but maybe there is a better way?  Has anyone ever done something similar?</p>