SVN: Move pending changes to a new branch

Question

Source code has local modifications that must not be committed to the trunk, but rather to a branch that does not yet exist.

This is what svn info shows:

Pfad: . URL: svn://10.8.0.1/fx_dev Basis des Projektarchivs: svn://10.8.0.1/fx_dev UUID des Projektarchivs: 6279aca8-1485-11de-bcb4-29f147300bdb Revision: 859 Knotentyp: Verzeichnis Plan: normal Letzter Autor: andy_svn Letzte geänderte Rev: 859 Letztes Änderungsdatum: 2010-12-02 15:08:11 +0100 (Do, 02. Dez 2010) 

(It's German, but I guess you still understand it)

How can I create a branch and move the pending changes onto that branch?

Answer 1

Create a branch via

svn copy URL/trunk URL/branches/B_NAME -m"- New Branch" 

make an

svn switch URL/branches/B_NAME 

and then commit your changes.

This works because the copy happens on the server, not the client. The svn switch command will not overwrite changes locally when switching over to the new branch.

Answer 2

Pretty much everything you ever need to know about SVN is in the red book (linked). Unless you have a specific question, maybe saying what you have tried already, it is what you should refer to.

Create a branch

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch04s02.html#svn-ch-4-sect-2.1

the svn switch command

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/re27.html