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Reputation: 31

SVN - Is creating branch from branch from branch on and on wrong?

Situation: I have seen a practice where SVN branches are created from branches and keep on going. For example: Branch1 was created from TRUNK; Branch2 from Branch1; etc. See below to get an idea:

....goes on and on.......Branch4--from--> Branch3--from--> Branch2--from--> Branch1--from-->Trunk.

So each new branch is created from the latest branch; instead of creating it from Trunk or Main.

Questions:

  1. Is this kind of practice faulty?
  2. Will this cause issues?
  3. Is this kind of practice followed anywhere?

Update: First and third questions have satisfactory answers. Thanks for the help. Are there any issues to be wary of in particular while following this method?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Lazy Badger
Lazy Badger

Reputation: 97282

Is this kind of practice faulty?

No.

Will this cause issues?

No new types of issues for "here and back" merges, compared to "trunk-mediator" case, but (possible) *N old types (where N is amount of synchronized branches)

Is this kind of practice followed anywhere?

Probably yes - it's rather common case and doesn't have anything exotic and irrational

Note: I think, using SVN 1.8 automatic merges give you a noticeable amount of benefits in the amount of needed operations in final reintegration, comparing to pre-1.8 merge --reitegrate

Upvotes: 0

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