Re: Updating a new branch with existing files from filesystem in 1.7

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Adam Walling <adam.walling_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With 1.6, we would take advantage of being able to copy all of trunk to the
> new branch directory on the local filesystem, and then switch to the actual
> branch URL and update, therefore only transferring files that actually
> differ. This is pretty much the process touched upon in the
> svnbook http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.branchmerge.switchwc.html
>
> In 1.7 this does not seem to be possible, since there are no entries in the
> database for the local copies.

You should still be able to copy a whole working copy. When you say
'copy all of trunk', is that the whole working copy or are there more
directories above trunk' in your checkout?

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