thanks :)
g
On Aug 23, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Mark Phippard wrote:
> Graham Anderson <grahama1970@gmail.com> wrote on 08/23/2006
> 06:18:49 PM:
>
>> How do you transform a working copy into a new branch or tag ?
>>
>> Since my last commit, my working copy is turning into a
>> tangent....full of bugs and half baked ideas ;)
>> Rather than revert my working copy, I would rather save my current
>> working copy as a new branch or a tag
>>
>> what is the best way to do this ?
>
> Easy way:
>
> Team -> Create Branch/Tag
>
> Specify URL to store it, and be sure to select option to create from
> working copy. Since your project is still on trunk after this
> completes,
> you have to do a Revert to get the project back to a pristine
> condition.
> Use Team -> Switch when you want to go back to the branch code.
>
> Better way:
>
> Do Team -> Update on your project so that your entire working copy is
> updated to a single, known revision.
> Do Team -> Create Branch/Tag and create a branch directly in the
> repository using that known revision.
> Do Team -> Switch to swap your working copy to the branch. Since
> it was
> already based on that revision, this will be quick and simple.
> Do Team -> Commit to commit your changes to the branch.
> Do Team -> Switch to swap back to trunk.
>
> Why is this "better" when it is so many steps? It separates the
> creation
> of the branch from the commit of your changes. This makes it
> easier to
> create a patch with your changes, or to later merge them back to
> trunk.
>
> The "easy" method is fast and simple way to stash your changes but
> it will
> be harder to later reintegrate those changes to the trunk.
>
> Mark
>
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