"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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