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Re: SVN branch / merge best practice question

From: Konstantin Kolinko <knst.kolinko_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:32:57 +0400

In such simple case my recipe would be not to bother with merging,
but just to rename /trunk to /branches/oldversion and rename or copy
the new branch as /trunk.

> will I also transfer the log of commits (..)?
No, you won't. Merging just transfers your changes to your working copy,
and then you do a single commit. The "show log" will display only this
single commit.
I do not know whether 1.5.x with its new support of merges will show more
information in this case, but 1.4 will not.

Best regards,
Konstantin Kolinko

2008/6/17 Lars P. <larspontoppidan_at_gmail.com>:
> Hello!
>
> I'm using TortoiseSVN for single user version control of software
> development.
>
> I have created a branch in a project and worked a lot on that branch
> to the point where there software is almost a complete rewrite. Now
> the branch is mature enough to use as the main version, and in
> principle I would like to make some kind of switch such that the
> current trunk becomes a branch (to keep the old version), and the
> branch with the new version becomes the trunk.
>
> How do I do that? I'm thinking that I should branch from the old trunk
> first and then merge my new branch into trunk. But doing that, will I
> also transfer the log of commits I did on the branch such that they
> appear when I say "show log" in trunk?
>
> Thanks,
> Lars

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