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Demonick
Demonick

Reputation: 2126

Problem setting up branch in subversion

The folder structure is as follows :

/home/src/repositories/svntest/branches

and access to the repository is svn://ip.address/svntest I am trying to create a new branch in my repository using 

svn copy trunk \ branches/new-branch

while in svntest folder

and it shows the following error:

svn: 'branches' is not a working copy

trunk folder contains the folders

BOOK/  bootscripts/  edguide/  patches/  scripts/

and branches folder is empty

I can access the repository, make changes, etc., users are set correctly.

What could be the cause of this error?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 301

Answers (2)

user729124
user729124

Reputation:

Try

$ svn copy svn://ip.address/svntest/trunk svn://ip.address/svntest/branches/new-branch

In most development activities you will check out only a single branch or trunk, not the repository root, so performing the copy on the server is more useful.

Upvotes: 2

Rup
Rup

Reputation: 34408

The easiest way is to use the full URLs for trunk and your branch

svn cp svn://ip.address/svntest/trunk svn://ip.address/svntest/branches/new-branch

From inside a checkout you can also use the ^ notation

svn cp ^/trunk ^/branches/new-branch

If you really do have a full check-out of svntest (i.e. with trunk and branches directory) then what you have (without the backslash) ought to work, although changes on this scale are a lot easier to do on the server without having to manage large checkouts.

Upvotes: 0

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