I have the following directories in my Subversion repository for a Visual Studio solution:
- ProjectName
- tags
- branches
- trunk
- MySolution.sln
- MyProject1 (dir)
- MyProject2 (dir)
If I update MyProject1 from version 1.0.0 to 2.0.0, should I copy everything in trunk to a new directory under tags, or should I only copy everything in trunk/MyProject1 to a new directory under tags?
And, if the former is the correct way of doing things, how do I version an entire Visual Studio solution?
Thanks.
Take a look at the svn guide to understand basic versioning concepts.
Trunk is the main line of development so you can update from version 1.0.0 to 1.0.1, 2.0.0 etc.
Branch is a copy of your trunk to develop a feature or something else without affecting the Trunk. You can merge at any time the branch code to the trunk code or throw it away.
Tag is a snapshot at a given time of your trunk o branch.
In your case you can update from 1.0.0.0 to 2.0.0.0 in trunk and maybe keep a snapshot by tagging your 1.0.0.0 release (copying all trunk to a tag named 1.0.0.0).
First you can checkout ProjectName to your local disk, for example c:\working\ProjectName.
In this way you have this first local structure:
When you reach your 1.0.0.0 release tag it to have this structure:
Then update to 2.0.0.0 and so on:
At any time you can work on trunk or release 1 or 2 (maybe for debugging or applying patches)