Is there a difference between an svn copy and an svn branch?

Asked 2010-11-22T10:15:00.877

I asked one of my developers to give each dev a different copy of the trunk to work on in /branches (under their own name).

That developer is not experienced in subversion (and neither am I), so I'm trying to determine if he did the right thing by copying the trunk into each branch folder and committing it, or if he should have done something else.

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Your friend was correct - to create a branch in Subversion you use the svn copy command.

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answered 2010-11-22T10:17:55.027

Subversion doesn't have subprojects, branches or tags, only directories and files (and properties). Whether you treat a certain copy as a subproject, a branch, a tag, a backup, just a plain ol' copy or something else entirely is purely a social convention between you and your teammates.

answered 2010-11-22T11:44:24.983

Is there a difference between an svn copy and an svn branch?

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