Best practices rookie question.

Hi all,
    Rookie question regarding branching/tagging and baselining. We have a public library where the release will be used on several projects. The Public library folder has its' own life and release - i.e. trunk,branches,tags. (see layout below)

Question 1: Using TortoiseSVN, How do I create a branch where only 3 of the 5 directories are branched. what are the best practices. What I have done is branched the complete trunk then remove what I dont need. But that seems counterproductive. I updated the repository twice when there was no need.

Question 1b: related to above, but instead of folders, individual files. I may need 5 documents out of 10. All located in the same area. How do I tag only what I need, leaving the rest?

Question 2: Since I need "Public library-v1.0" as part of Project B, what is the best way to package it as one tool? The goal being that by extracting the project-tag, it will contain all that I need to release. What I've done, is export the version "Public library-v1.0" into my "Project B - tag". and then update my tag...But it does not seem right. What is the best way....

Here is the layout of my repository, using TortiseSVN (http):

Project_A/Trunk/Folder_1
                              /Folder_2
               /branch
            /tag

Project_B/Trunk/Folder_1
                              /Folder_2
                              /Folder_3
                              /Folder_4
              /branch
             /tag
 
 Project_n/.....

 Public_Files/Trunk
                       /Branches
                        /Tags/ v1.0
                                    /v#...

Any and all help is appreciated...

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Received on 2008-01-26 00:55:20 CET