Is it safe to use a subversion feature branch after reintegrate-merged to trunk?

Question

Must a feature branch be deleted after it\'s merged (reintegrated) back to trunk?

I prefer to constantly merge changes back and forth from my feature branch - I beli

Answer 1

Subversion 1.8 allows you to merge repeatedly back and forth between two branches, whereas versions 1.7 and earlier did not. Read the release note here: http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#auto-reintegrate.