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RE: puzzled about branching

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:50:36 -0400

> Thanks for clarifying that the cheap copying only happens on the repository.
> That's the bit I was missing.
> There is no cheap copying on the client side? But I still don't want /trunk AND
> /branch on my local copy.
>
> > You already checked out the branches folder, so you implicitly said
> > that you want to have a working copy for every branch.
>
> I did not check out the branches folder though. I created it on the server,
> and I did an update on the client, not a checkout.
> How do I get only one working copy, and switch between trunk and branch?

It sounds like you created your "branch" within your trunk path. Make sure you branch and your truck path are siblings:

^/MyProject/trunk
^/MyProject/branches/branch1

NOT:

^/MyProject/trunk/branches/branch1

BOb

>
> > I'm afraid you are hurting yourself with this. The three folders
> > trunk/tags/branches are organizational so you can create branches and
> > tags off your development. If your artwork never ever changes, then
> > there is no use for storing it in subversion anyway. However, if there
> > is a remote chance of it changing the slightest bit, you also want the
> > same trunk/tags/branches structure.
>
> No, not really. The artists and musicians use the top level /art and /audio
> folders, and they contain everything required for both versions of the
> project. I take what I need for the full version, pull it out of the original psd
> files and save in the format required by the program, and save it into
> subfolders of /trunk. So the original versions have change control through
> SVN, and the final versions have that as well as being kept with the code, and
> able to be branched.
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> Sharon
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