Using TortoiseSVN how do I merge changes from the trunk to a branch and vice versa?

Question

I\'ve been reading up on branching/merging with Subversion 1.5 using the excellent and free Version Control with Subversion book. I think that I understand how to use the S

Answer 1

I couldn't properly follow the other answers, here's more of a dummies guide...

You can do this either way round to go trunk -> branch or branch -> trunk. I always first do trunk -> branch fix any conflicts there and then merge branch -> trunk.

Merge trunk into a branch / tag

1. Checkout the branch / tag
2. Right-click on the root of the branch | Tortoise SVN | Merge ...
3. Merge Type: Merge a range of revisions | Click 'Next'
4. Merge revision range: Select the URL of the trunk directory that you copied to the branch / tag. Enter the revisions to merge or leave the field empty to merge all revisions | click 'Next'
5. Merge options: I just left these as default | click 'Merge'
6. This will merge the revisions into the checked out branch / tag
7. Then commit the merged changes to the branch / tag