Create SVN branch from changes in trunk

Question

I'm in a stupid situation: I have done some changes in a working copy of the TRUNK. Since the changes have not been tested, I'd like to transfer all the changes to a branch. According to the manual of Tortoise, Switch will lose all my modifications. Is there any way to keep my changes in the working copy and save them in a branch in the repository.

Antebellum

Answer 1

Create a branch from your working copy instead of the repository. That way you wont lose anyting

Aestivation

Do you mean Branch/Tag? But how could the default Link to the working copy be changed? – Antebellum

You can switch after that. Your changes will be committed to the new branch and there is no problem with switch. You will lose noithing – Aestivation

In TortoiseSVN click Branch/Tag and then instead of selecting the HEAD or specific revision choose the working copy radio button. That is what Midhat is talking about. – Bootless

@Biran thanks for the explanation. Yes thats what I am talking abt – Aestivation

Answer 2

If I understand the problem correctly, you are working on a copy that you checked out off TRUNK, but you haven't committed the changes yet.

In that case, it's easy to solve this problem:

1. Create a branch off TRUNK: svn cp <base URL> <new branch URL>
2. Switch to the new branch (specified by <new branch URL> above)
3. Now your working copy should point to the <new branch URL>
4. Commit your changes

Since you haven't committed anything to TRUNK, the TRUNK version of the project is left unmodified

Baur

Nice clear explanation! (2) could use an example command "svn switch <new branch URL>" – Leonleona

Answer 3

Not directly. But you can make a patch, then switch and lose your changes, then apply the patch to your branch.

Richt-click on your working copy top-most folder, choose Tortoise SVN > Create Patch. Choose the files to be included (usually all changes) and save it somewhere.

Then switch.

Then richt-click on the working copy again (which now points to the branch), and choose Tortoise SVN > Apply Patch. You'll get a menu where you can right-click and choose apply all. Save the changes and you should be good to go.

Strophe

Thanks, I'll try my hand with this method. – Antebellum

It seems this answer was downvoted (though it has a score of 0, I can see it in my Reputation settings). Can anyone tell me why? – Strophe

Answer 4

Create a patch of the changes and then apply it to any branch or working copy that you like.

Staves

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I think my answer is very relevant to the question. – Staves