[Python-Dev] Subversion repository question - back up to older versions

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Thu Jun 8 22:10:56 CEST 2006


On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:03:54AM +0400, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> svn switch updates *and* switch the base URL - commits will go to the
> tag/branch you are switching to.

   Another point of view: svn switch is kind of optimized svn checkout.
svn co starts afresh and needs to transfer the entire tree; svn switch
already has a working tree so it only needs to transfer the diff. Less
traffic...

Oleg.
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