Re: [Boost-users] Git vs SVN

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Git vs SVN
From: Anthony Foiani (tkil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-30 03:25:38

Steven, greetings --

> On 1/28/2011 11:37 PM, Anthony Foiani wrote:
>> Please note, this might be from my inexperience, but I've found
>> that the only effective way to work on a "private branch" in SVN is
>> to check out the branch I care to modify in a separate directory.

Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]> writes:
> You can use svn switch to point your working copy at a different
> branch.

Huh, I should have known/remembered that.  Thanks for the tip!

(It still seems that I'd want a full clone to work on multiple
independent features simultaneously, but at least "cp -a" then "svn
switch" on the copy would cut out the second grab over the network.
The disk usage cost would be the same as how I use hg and git, too; I
suspect that "git stash" would cover some of my use cases, but I am
still learning.)

Thanks again!

Best regards,
Tony