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Re: Branch and Switch question

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2005-06-07 10:48:57 CEST

Bill wrote:
> Windows XP, FSFS, SVN 1.2.0, TSVN 1.2.0, single-user, local repository
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've been reading with interest the recent discussions on branching and
> read
> the SVN and TSVN docs several times, but something isn't working as
> expected.
>
> I created a test repository at c:\_subversion\repos and a "code" directory
> at c:\_subversion\code. Under that I have \trunk and \branches, and
> \branches has \client under it to represent a client branch.
>
> I added three files to \trunk, index.jsp, login.jsp and header.jsp. They
> don't mean anything other than they are representative files. This was
> all
> committed as revision 1.
>
> Then using either TSVN "Branch/Tag" or "svn copy trunk branches/client"
> when
> in the c:\_subversion directory, I get a trunk folder under
> c:\_subversion\branches\client.
> Output:
> C:\_Subversion\Code>svn copy trunk branches/client
> A branches\client\trunk
>
> In following the examples from both the SVN book and the TSVN help files,
> I
> expected not to have the \trunk folder under \client, instead I expected
> to
> see the three files in \client, index.jsp, login.jsp and header.jsp.
>
> Did I do something wrong or understand the books wrong?

Don't create "client" ahead of time.

Copy to non-existent path = copy to there
Copy to existing directory = copy to *inside* that directory.

Max.

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