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What is the concept of switching branches in IntelliJ? I must be either blind or an idiot...

I would assume there'd be a "switch to copy" option or something like that, but there is none...

EDIT for clarification: my prev IDE had a simple "switch to copy" option, which updated all files being different from current branch/trunk. IntelliJ seems to have a completely different approach to this, which I just do not seem to understand. The help is not very useful either.

Helpful keywords, links or hints are very much appreciated. Thanks.

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Well, blind AND dumb, actually. Switching branches is done using the update dialog, where I can select any branch, tag or revision I want.

PeterP
Right because here you are "updating" your sandbox to a new branch.
Shaun F