> I have a question regarding merging in subversion because I do not know > what is happening under the covers. > > I'm wondering if branchA is created from trunk and branchB is created from > branchA can changes be merged back to trunk from branchB directly or do > they need get merged back to branchA first and then to trunk. Or is this all > just infeasible and all branches should be created from a single source and > merged back and forth from that place. >
Yes, you can merge from branchB back to trunk. Not a problem. Just make sure you don't get into a situation where you are doing cyclic merges. BOb