SVN tutorial n 6 - copy

The svn copy command copies a file or directory in a working copy or in the repository. This command can be used to create a branch and / or a tag. The synopsis is:

 svn copy <src_path> <dts_path>

or

 svn cp <src_path> <dts_path>

Examples:

Create a new tag from trunk

 svn copy https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/trunk/ https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/tags/myproject-0.0.1 -m "myproject tag 0.0.1"

Create a new branch from tag

 svn copy https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/tags/myproject-0.0.1 https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/branches/myproject-0.0.1 -m "new branch from tag: myproject-0.0.1"

It's possible to copy from a specific revision number using -r option:

 svn copy -r 1234 https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/trunk/ https://mysvnrep/svn/myproject/tags/myproject-0.0.1 -m "myproject tag 0.0.1"