On Jan 25, 2010, at 17:38, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Ryan Schmidt wrote on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 at 17:10 -0600: >> > >> it also prevents you from using the usual way to create tags, i.e. >> copying the trunk to the branches or tags directory -- in your scheme, >> you can't do this, because you can't copy a directory into itself. >> >> $ svn cp trunk trunk/branches/foo >> svn: Cannot copy path 'trunk' into its own child 'trunk/branches/foo' > > Works with URLs: > > % svn cp ^/trunk/ ^/trunk/foo -mr2
Yes, but the branch now contains a copy of any other branches or tags that had already been created. This layout is just nonsense and should not be considered.
