[CMake] Efficient way to create a new branch from an existing working copy

Marcel Loose loose at astron.nl
Thu Jul 2 04:14:18 EDT 2009


On Thursday 02 July 2009 08:33:01 Dieter Oberkofler wrote:
> The typical way how we create a new branch from a trunk is by copying the
> trunk to a new branch on the server and then checkout the new branch to a
> local working copy.
> As this is a very common procedure, I was wondering if this can eventually
> also be done in a more efficient/fast way.
> Is there way to - instead of checking out the new working copy - physically
> duplicate the working copy and then somehow tell Subversion to take this
> new directory as the working copy on the server?
> Thank you,
> Dieter
>
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Hi Dieter,

You may have posted this to the wrong list, but I think the answer to your 
question is: "svn switch"

Best regards,
Marcel Loose.



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