Do you know that branches are better than Labels?

Although labels are useful they can be changed after they have been created with no way to tell that they have been changed.

❌ Figure: Bad example, labels can be edited after the fact (they are mutable)

✅ Figure: Good example, branches give absolute certainty of versions (they are immutable)

Fact #1 : Creating a branch of 1GB of source code does not increase the size of your database by 1GB. It just adds a bunch of pointers. Only the differences are actually stored. Fact #2 : When you delete a branch it is not really “deleted”, you are just ending the history. You can undelete at a later time.

Tip : Find deleted items by ticking “Tools | Options | Source Control | Visual Studio Team Foundation Server | Show deleted items in the Source Control Explorer”