On 24.12.2011 15:03, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Stefan Podskubka<s.podsku...@hcs.at> wrote:
On 20.12.2011 15:44, Kuno Meyer wrote:
With SVN 1.7, is there a way to create a new working copy by cloning a
subtree
of an existing working copy?
One thing that comes to mind is cloning the existing working copy and then
performing an svn switch to the subtree.
However, I don't know exactly how the switch is done and if it performs
better than a fresh checkout. I suppose it does, since all the files and
pristines are already in the existing checkout.
*Do not clone with svnadmin hotcopy* for this!!!! Make sure you have a
different uuid, to avoid "split-brain" problems if the working copy is
reset to the original copy by someone who thinks that can work.
Or use hotcopy, but make absolutely sure to change the uuid on the new repo.
svnadmin hotcopy is used to clone a repository, not a working copy,
which doesn't make much sense in regard to the original question.
But what you were pointing out is a valid concern if someone would want
to clone a repository in contrast to cloning a working copy, which only
results in a second working copy linked to the same repository.
