Temporarily put away uncommitted changes in Subversion (a la “git-stash”)

Question

While programming software stored in a Subversion repo, I often modify some files, then notice that I\'d like to do some preparatory change for my main work. E.g. while impl

Answer 1

another option is to copy your current checkout to a new directory and revert all your changes. this way you’ll save the hassle of creating a temporary branch on your server—after all stashing is a local operation, which not everybody should see and can be done quite often.

after committing your hotfix you can update your main working copy and delete your “stashing area”