Easy way:
- Team -> Create Branch/Tag Specify URL to store it, and be sure to select option to create from working copy. Since your project is still on trunk after this completes, you have to do a Revert to get the project back to a pristine condition.
- Use Team -> Switch when you want to go back to the branch code.
Better way:
- Do Team -> Update on your project so that your entire working copy is updated to a single, known revision.
- Do Team -> Create Branch/Tag and create a branch directly in the repository using that known revision.
- Do Team -> Switch to swap your working copy to the branch. Since it was already based on that revision, this will be quick and simple.
- Do Team -> Commit to commit your changes to the branch.
- Do Team -> Switch to swap back to trunk.
Why is this "better" when it is so many steps? It separates the creation of the branch from the commit of your changes. This makes it easier to create a patch with your changes, or to later merge them back to trunk. The "easy" method is fast and simple way to stash your changes but it will be harder to later reintegrate those changes to the trunk.
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How to branch with Subclipse
Nice advice on the subclipse-users mailing list by Mark Phippard
September 1 2006, 11:15:32 UTC 5 years ago
May 15 2009, 18:18:08 UTC 3 years ago
Anonymous
September 16 2009, 14:07:10 UTC 2 years ago
Is this also possible with multiple users
Hi,I wondered if the switch is also possible if multiple users are working on one project?
Lets say i spin of a copy of my trunk version to a branch, then i switch it so that it appears to me the branch is in my trunk. then i develop....
Does this switch also affects now my colleage who works on the trunk?
Please if someone knows just post it here
September 16 2009, 14:49:45 UTC 2 years ago
Re: Is this also possible with multiple users
If your working copy was switch'ed to a branch, you'll commit to this branch and the trunk won't be affected.The trunk will only be affected when you merge your changes to from the branch to the trunk .
Regards,
Daniel Serodio
Anonymous
July 6 2011, 01:21:02 UTC 10 months ago
very informative
what I was looking for, thanksAnonymous
July 15 2011, 19:18:31 UTC 10 months ago
Re: very informative
Um, I think the context menus have changed for subclipse since 2006. I'm not sure if this is the correct way but, it seemed to work for me for the lastest build of subclipse in helios. It's certainly not intuitive or obvious to a n00b like me.
Anonymous
August 5 2011, 16:27:29 UTC 9 months ago
Most Helpful
Thanks for the tips! I was struggling to create a branch from the SVN Repository perspecitve. Doing the work from the Team menu worked like a charm.Thanks..