On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:59 PM, youareno6 <dhuffman_at_storix.com> wrote:
> I would imagine this is a common problem, but my google searching has not
> yielding a solution for what I am attempting to do. If you have links to
> documentation, or any suggestions that you have used I would appreciate it.
>
> Current Workflow:
> Multiple developers work from their own checkout (working copies) of a
> branch that is made for each release of a software product. So the stable
> release is the "Version 5.2" branch. The only changes made are bug fixes.
> New features are now be developed from a "Version 5.3" branch. We know that
> any updates to 5.2 (which are rare) will need to be replicated in 5.3. This
> is our normal flow and it has worked for several years.
>
> Problem:
> We are usually only actively developing for the next release or major
> update. However, we are working on a new release (i.e. Version 5.3) and
> another team is starting development on the next Version update 6.0.
>
> So we have a stable (bug fix only) Version 5.2 branch
> We have a development Version 5.3 branch
> And a long term project Version 6.0 branch
>
> So if a change is made to 5.2, the developer would have to make the same
> change to 5.3 and 6.0. Is there any way to keep them in sync without
> manually editing the code in the repository? What would be the best
> practices for this type of development schedule?
You need to merge the changes from the 5.2 branch to the other
branches. See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.branchmerge.basicmerging.html
Received on 2013-11-20 19:31:56 CET