How do I create a new branch?

Question

How do I create a new branch with my working copy using TortoiseSVN?

I see the branch option, but I don't see a way to name it somehow.

score 238 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 03 '16 at 20:43

238

Right click and open SVN Repo-browser:

Enter image description here

Right click on Trunk (working copy) and choose Copy to...:

Enter image description here

Input the respective branch's name/path:

Enter image description here

Click OK, type the respective log message, and click OK.

edited Jan 03 '16 at 20:43

Peter Mortensen

30,738
21
105
131

answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:07

BJ Patel

6,148
11
47
81

14

After this step, if you want to access the files of the revision, get the right click menu of the tags/branch folder. choose: SVN Update. Only then, the folder of Version2.45.5 is copied with its files in the folder. – lode Oct 24 '14 at 18:47
"Copy to... " does not appear on my menu - Versio n1.9.5 Build 27581 – NealWalters Feb 08 '18 at 16:51
2

@NealWalters - this may vary on the Windows SVN client you are using. On mine, I have "SVN Branch/Tag". If you don't see that either, then check go into the settings of your SVN client and check what options are enabled for the "Context Menu". – HPWD Mar 27 '18 at 18:12

score 66 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '10 at 12:53

66

In the Repository Browser of TortoiseSVN, find the branch that you want to create the new branch from. Right-click, Copy To.... and enter the new branch path. Now you can "switch" your local WC to that branch.

answered Jun 18 '10 at 12:53

Chris Thornton

15,620
5
37
62

score 64 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '10 at 08:10

64

Branches in SVN are essentially directories; you don't name the branch so much as choose the name of the directory to branch into.

The common way of 'naming' a branch is to place it under a directory called branches in your repository. In the "To URL:" portion of TortoiseSVN's Branch dialog, you would therefore enter something like:

(svn/http)://path-to-repo/branches/your-branch-name

The main branch of a project is referred to as the trunk, and is usually located in:

(svn/http)://path-to-repo/trunk

answered Jun 17 '10 at 08:10

Blair Holloway

15,969
2
29
28

Now why do I get: "OPTIONS of 'http://subversion2/svn/DanelNursing4/branches/Omer': Could not read status line: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host." – the_drow Jun 17 '10 at 08:24
1

Isn't "To URL:" now "To path:"? – Peter Mortensen Jan 03 '16 at 20:58

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '18 at 07:29

My solution if you work with the Trunk/ and Release/ workflow:

Right click on Trunk/ which you will be creating your Branch from:

Select Branch/Tag:

Type in location of your new branch, commit message, and any externals (if your repository has them):

How do I create a new branch?

4 Answers4

Linked

Related