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> On 12 May 2014 07:24, Cooke, Mark <mark.cooke@siemens.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: Kamil Libich [mailto:kamil.libich@gmail.com]
> 	> Sent: 07 May 2014 15:09
> 	>
> 	> Hi,
> 	>
> 	> I could not find any information neither in the archive nor in the
> svn book
> 	> :-(
> 	>
> 	> I'd like to ask you about the copying a file(s) from one repo branch
> to
> 	> another branch of the repo. Although, seems to be trivial, please
> read the
> 	> scenario below.
> 	>
> 	> I've been working on the project which has a lot of changes which
> have to be
> 	> deployed in very short periods of time; daily or sometimes twice a
> day. I do
> 	> releases directly from the trunk.
> 	>
> 	> Now, I heading the situation in which I have to work on the
> different
> 	> software; still within the same project, but in different branch.
> Let call
> 	> this new branch a trunk2.
> 	>
> 	> I realised, that I have to slightly modify a lot of files belongs to
> trunk
> 	> branch. Instead of doing ordinary copy operation and check in to the
> new
> 	> branch with comment about its  provenance in the comment field (as I
> do when
> 	> I have to copy one or two files only) I'd like to copy in the way
> that the
> 	> information about from where the files were copied we maintain in
> svn
> 	> automatically.
> 	>
> 	> Can I do this?
> 
> 
> 	If I understand you correctly: yes!
> 
> 	Check out the subversion "copy" command which does exactly what you
> want.  If you work in local "working copies" then you can copy multiple files
> and commit in one go.  If you use TortoiseSVN on Windows (you forget to say
> what platform you are on) you can also use the right-click-and-drag which
> will offer you the svn options when you do the file movement.
> 
> 	http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svn.c.copy.html
> 
> 	Hope that helps,
> 
> 	~ Mark C
> 
> 
> 	> Sumarising,
> 	> The present situation:
> 	> 1. I check out the trunk branch
> 	> 2. I check out the trunk2 branch
> 	> 3. I do copy the files I want (under the OS, select and drag over)
> 	> 4. I update the trunk2 branch with the information about the source
> of the
> 	> files in the comment window during the update
> 	>
> 	> The demanded situation:
> 	> How to do the copy (create a duplicate of the file in the different
> branch
> 	> and still the same branch) whilst the information about the source
> of the
> 	> copy will be automatically (not in comments field) maintained by
> SVN.
> 	> It will allow me to do the independent changes in two branches still
> 	> maintaining the history with letting me know which file was derived
> from
> 	> which file and when.
> 	>
> 	> Cheers,
> 	> Kamil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kamil Libich [mailto:kamil.libich@gmail.com]
> Sent: 13 May 2014 15:56
> To: users@subversion.apache.org
> Cc: Cooke, Mark
> Subject: Re: Copy the files between the branches witin the same repo and with
> saving the svn info about the operation.
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> You understood correctly.
> 
> And I was blind.
> 
> I use tortoisesvn client under windows. There reason I couldn't spot this
> functionality in TSVN is because in tortoisesvn the name for the copy
> operation is "Branch/Tag..." which automatically locks me up in thinking that
> is available only for folders.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark

I am glad to help.  I just checked the TSVN context menus and you are right, I had forgotten that "copy" was not in there.  However, I usually use right-click-and-drag in explorer because windoze gives you options for move / copy even for non-subversion files (which can be a very useful safeguard at times!)

Anyway, for completeness I wanted to also point out this page:

http://tortoisesvn.net/usefultips.html

...which includes the right-click-and-drag under "Most forgotten feature"

~ Mark C