Replacing trunk with branch in Subversion

Question

Let\'s say people have been working on the trunk and on a branch of a Subversion repository. I want to discard any changes on the trunk, and replace it with a copy of the br

Answer 1

trunk       remplace (trunk with your branch)
*----x      * ---->
 \          |
  \         |
   *--------|
     branch 

This branch was created from trunk so be careful of do not delete brutally the trunk (problems with the ancestry). First make a tag with your trunk, your backup, in any case...

I suggest do like this:

Using Eclipse SVN

1. click right > Team Branch/tag (create a tag - your backup)

2. Team > switch another branch/tag ... select your branch, be sure that the branch is correctly loaded.

3. in the branch : Team > disconnect. Delete SVN info.

4. Team > share project ... choose your trunk.

5. Team > commit in your trunk.

6. click right ... select Compare with.. Branch/tag -> look for your branch. If everything is OK you will have : "There are no differences between the selected inputs."

I hope it helps.