Shelve in TortoiseSVN?

Question

I\'ve moved from TFS to SVN (TortoiseSVN) with my current company. I really miss the \"Shelve\" feature of TFS. I\'ve read various articles on how to \"Shelve\" with SVN, but I\

Answer 1

If you understand how SVN branches work, emulating Shelve in SVN is a no-brainer:

1. Create a branch in the repository (on the server)
2. Switch your local copy to it
3. Commit your changes to the new branch
4. Switch your local copy back to the trunk

When you are ready to get back to your shelved changes ("unshelve"), simply merge the shelf branch back to your local copy.

If you don't know command-line SVN nor Tortoise SVN well enough to do the above, here's a super detailed step-by-step instruction on how to do it in Tortoise SVN:

1. Do "SVN Update" to update your working copy to the latest version of the trunk. This way the only differences between your local copy and the trunk are your changes.
2. From the context menu select "Branch / Tag"
3. "HEAD version in the repository" option is selected by default. Keep that.
4. Change the "To Url" to specify branch name, e.g. http://server/repository/project1/branches/shelf1
5. Check the "Switch working copy to new branch/tag" box
6. Click Ok to create the branch and switch to it
7. Do "SVN Commit..." and commit your changes to the newly created branch
8. From the context menu select "Switch..."
9. Change the "To URL" to the trunk URL e.g. http://server/repository/project1/trunk
10. Click Ok to switch back to the trunk

See this link for even more details and the command-line equivalent of the above:
Shelves in Subversion