Displaying all branch hierarchies in TFS 2010

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If you are utilizing the new TFS 2010 branch folder feature you can easily list the branch hierarchy in source control using the code below:

    1: using System;
    2: using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client;
    3: using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;
    4:  
    5: namespace DisplayAllBranches
    6: {
    7:     class Program
    8:     {
    9:         static void Main(string[] args)
   10:         {
   11:             string serverName = @"https://[SERVERNAME]:8080/tfs";
   12:  
   13:             //1.Construct the server object
   14:             TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(new Uri(serverName));
   15:             VersionControlServer vcs = tfs.GetService<VersionControlServer>();
   16:  
   17:             //2.Query all root branches
   18:             BranchObject[] bos = vcs.QueryRootBranchObjects(RecursionType.OneLevel);
   19:  
   20:             //3.Display all the root branches
   21:             Array.ForEach(bos, (bo) => DisplayAllBranches(bo, vcs));
   22:             Console.ReadKey();
   23:         }
   24:  
   25:         private static void DisplayAllBranches(BranchObject bo, VersionControlServer vcs)
   26:         {
   27:             //0.Prepare display indentation
   28:             for (int tabcounter = 0; tabcounter < recursionlevel; tabcounter++)
   29:                 Console.Write("\t");
   30:  
   31:             //1.Display the current branch
   32:             Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}", bo.Properties.RootItem.Item));
   33:  
   34:             //2.Query all child branches (one level deep)
   35:             BranchObject[] childBos = vcs.QueryBranchObjects(bo.Properties.RootItem, RecursionType.OneLevel);
   36:  
   37:             //3.Display all children recursively
   38:             recursionlevel++;
   39:             foreach (BranchObject child in childBos)
   40:             {
   41:                 if (child.Properties.RootItem.Item == bo.Properties.RootItem.Item)
   42:                     continue;
   43:  
   44:                 DisplayAllBranches(child, vcs);
   45:             }
   46:             recursionlevel--;
   47:         }
   48:  
   49:         private static int recursionlevel = 0;
   50:     }
   51: }

The result of this code will be something like this:

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for a hierarchy like this:

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