Re: Create a new working copy by cloning a subtree of an existing working copy?

Stefan Podskubka <s.podskubka <at> hcs.at> writes:

> On 20.12.2011 15:44, Kuno Meyer wrote:
> > With SVN 1.7, is there a way to create a new working copy by cloning a
> > subtree of an existing working copy?
> >
> One thing that comes to mind is cloning the existing working copy and
> then performing an svn switch to the subtree.
>
> However, I don't know exactly how the switch is done and if it performs
> better than a fresh checkout. I suppose it does, since all the files and
> pristines are already in the existing checkout.

Thanks. Unfortunately, in my case, cloning the whole working copy (3.5 GB, 60k
files) before stripping it down is similarly expensive to re-checking out the
subdirectory (150 resp. 300 MB, 5 files each), despite of the somewhat limited
network bandwidth.
Received on 2011-12-20 17:04:43 CET