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