How do I create a branch

Question

How do I create a branch in SVN

User · Accepted Answer

Branching in Subversion is facilitated by a very very light and efficient copying facility.

Branching and tagging are effectively the same. Just copy a whole folder in the repository to somewhere else in the repository using the svn copy command.

Basically this means that it is by convention what copying a folder means - whether it be a backup, tag, branch or whatever. Depending upon how you want to think about things (normally depending upon which SCM tool you have used in the past) you need to set up a folder structure within your repository to support your style.

Common styles are to have a bunch of folders at the top of your repository called tags, branches, trunk, etc. - that allows you to copy your whole trunk (or sub-sets) into the tags and/or branches folders. If you have more than one project you might want to replicate this kind of structure under each project:

It can take a while to get used to the concept - but it works - just make sure you (and your team) are clear on the conventions that you are going to use. It is also a good idea to have a good naming convention - something that tells you why the branch/tag was made and whether it is still appropriate - consider ways of archiving branches that are obsolete.

User · Answer

svn cp  trunk   branch NEW Branch   If you have some local changes in trunk then use Rsync to sync changes  rsync -r -v -p --exclude   svn   trunk   branch NEW Branch

User · Answer

Normally you d copy it to svn ssh   host example com repos project branches mybranch so that you can keep several branches in the repository  but your syntax is valid   Here s some advice on how to set up your repository layout

User · Answer

If you re repo is available via https  you can use this command to branch      svn copy https   host example com repos project trunk          https   host example com repos project branches branch-name     -m  Creating a branch of project

User · Answer

Suppose you want to create a branch from a trunk name  as  TEST    then use   svn cp -m  CREATE BRANCH TEST   svn url trunk  svn url branches TEST

User · Answer

Top tip for new SVN users  this may help a little with getting the correct URLs quickly   Run svn info to display useful information about the current checked-out branch   The URL should  if you run svn in the root folder  give you the URL you need to copy from   Also to switch to the newly created branch  use the svn switch command   svn switch http   my repo url myrepo branches newBranchName

User · Answer

Create a new folder outside of your current project  You can give it any name   Example  You have a checkout for a project named  Customization   And it has many projects  like  Project1    Project2     And you want to create a branch of  Project1   So first open the  Customization   right click and create a new folder and give it a name   Project1Branch    Right click on  Myproject1     TortoiseSVN -  Branch Tag  Choose working copy  Open browser    Just right of parallel on  To URL   Select customization     right click then Add Folder  and go through the folder which you have created  Here it is  Project1Branch   Now clik the OK button to add  Take checkout of this new banch  Again go to your project which branch you want to create  Right click TorotoiseSVN -  branch tag  Then select working copy  And you can give the URL as your branch name  like  your IP address svn AAAA Customization Project1Branch   And you can set the name in the URL so it will create the folder with this name only  Like  Your IP address svn AAAA Customization Project1Branch MyProject1Branch   Press the OK button  Now you can see the logs in    your working copy will be stored in your branch  Now you can take a check out   and let you enjoy your work

User · Answer

If you even plan on merging your branch  I highly suggest you look at this   Svnmerge py  I hear Subversion 1 5 builds more of the merge tracking in  I have no experience with that  My project is on 1 4 x and svnmerge py is a life saver

User · Answer

Create a new branch using the svn copy command as follows     svn copy svn ssh   host example com repos project trunk              svn ssh   host example com repos project branches NAME OF BRANCH         -m  Creating a branch of project

User · Answer

Below are the steps to create a branch from trunk using TortoiseSVN in windows machine  This obviously needs TortoiseSVN client to be installed    Right Click on updated trunk from local windows machine Select TortoiseSVN Click branch Tag Select the To path in SVN repository  Note that destination URL is updated according to the path and branch name given Do not create folder inside branches in repository browser Add branches path  For example  branches  Add a meaningful log message for your reference Click Ok  this creates new folder on local system Checkout the branch created into new folder

[svn] How do I create a branch?

Examples related to svn

Examples related to version-control

Examples related to branch

Examples related to branching-and-merging