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Re: [Subclipse-users] Branching

From: Eberhard Iglhaut <iglhaut_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-04-11 19:25:21 CEST

Hi Mark,
its too silly. Never had the idea of looking in the Eclipse help...
Seems to be a lot of interesting stuff there, so Iīll be occupied for a while.
Thanx, Eb.

2006/4/11, Mark Phippard <markp@softlanding.com>:
> "Eberhard Iglhaut" <iglhaut@gmail.com> wrote on 04/11/2006 06:03:50 AM:
>
> > I am quite new to Subversion and Subclipse. In the last months we
> > learned to use the most basic functions of Subclipse quite efficently,
> > but now we have a growing need to use branches.
> >
> > I tried to experiment a little bit. but I didnīt achieve a full cycle
> > of creating a branch and later merge it again.
> >
> > I get someway confused by the differences between the "pure
> > Subversion" described in the Subversion book and the things I see in
> > Subclipse:
> >
> > As the repository is set up now, there is no trunk or branches folder.
> > Do I have to create them manually? If so, how do I tell Subclipse
> > which is what (Or donīt I have to?)?
> >
> > It would be really helpful to have a small step by step example for a
> > most basic branch-merge cycle to figure out what Iīm doing wrong.
>
> You have to create whatever folder your structure you desire. Subclipse,
> like Subversion, does not care what the names are nor does it make any
> distinctions between them.
>
> Open the Eclipse online help and in the Subclipse section go to Tasks ->
> Maintaining Branches. Then read some of that as well as the things it
> links to. Working with a branch is no different than working with trunk.
> The real issue is just how to manage merges. So you mainly want to read
> up on that.
>
> The other command that is relevant is Switch. This lets you "switch" your
> working copy between two different URL's, such as trunk and a branch. It
> is like an intelligent update that figure out what needs to be done to
> switch you to the other location.
>
> Mark
>
>
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