when to use svn copy

What are the acceptable cases for using svn cp? Superficially, it can be used
for creating branches or tags, and indirectly as part of a move/rename
operation, and restoring a deleted file/dir, but are they any other
justified usages?

What we see a lot of, and are considering blocking going forward, is people
svn cp'ing files between branches. For instance, you are on trunk, and want
a file that has been added in branch 1.1... instead of merging you just svn
cp the file or subdir you are want. This is a kind of targeted cherry
picking, but without mergeinfo. Of course, you get a tree conflict when you
come to merge correctly.

So my question is, is the above an acceptable usage? Presumably this seems
much easier to users than doing a merge.

cheers, jamie

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