svn-switch

What is a working copy and what does "switching" do for me in Tortoise SVN?

Alright, lets get back to SVN 101. I have a software app and I've hit an important milestone, version 2.0. I decided I want to tag this version as "Version-2.0" so I have this named snapshot. I also create a "Version-2.0" branch in case I need to fix anything and merge it back into my trunk. After reading through the Tortoise SVN hel...

svn switch error - is not the same repository

Hello, I have recently moved the SVN server and now i am tring to relocate the working copies from my computer to the new server. But i get the strangest error. i do : svn switch http://99.99.99.new/svn/company/project/trunk/web but i get svn: 'http://99.99.99.old/svn/company/project/trunk/web' is not the same repository as 'http://...

does svn switch ever delete locally-added files?

Hi, I need some clarification about the behaviour of "svn switch". I'm using svn version 1.6.5. From reading the manual, my understanding of the behaviour is that local changes will be preserved. So I would expect a locally-added file to still exist in my working directory after svn switch. However, my colleagues and I have seen sever...

Database Versioning - How does branch switching work?

This is a question for those of you developing on a team of devs where all of you have separate databases. You're versioning your database using source control and other tools which will automatically bring dev databases up to date to the latest version of the database (schema, data, SP's, functions, etc.). OK Great! But wait! What if ...