Re: How to switch, or update, a file that exists only in a brnch ?

On 26.11.2014 17:13, Kerry, Richard wrote:
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> I have a couple of files that exist only in a branch which I’d like to
> have within my Working Copy. If the files exist in the Head I can use
> “switch” to change the WC instance from the Head one to the branch
> one. But if the file is not in the Head I can’t do that as Switch
> only appears to work when a file is already in the WC as a checked-out
> file, and not if it is absent, or present but not Controlled.
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> Or should I use Update to get this ? In which case what syntax ? As
> it seems to want to update the whole folder to the Branch’s version.
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You probably want to switch your whole working copy to the branch, or at
least the sub-tree (directory) that contains those files. Switching
individual files is rarely useful.

-- Brane
Received on 2014-11-26 17:39:41 CET