Switch from Trunk to Branch Using TortoiseSVN

When you created a branch, you can update the branches folder of your working copy to get the new branch and modify it. However, this might take some time if there are many files in your branch. An alternative is to switch to the new branch.

In TortoiseSVN, here's how you would switch to the branch you are about to create. Ensure that the "Switch working copy to new branch/tag" checkbox is checked.



So how would you switch AFTER creating the branch? This can be done by right-clicking on the trunk folder and selecting TortoiseSVN -> Switch... It will show the Switch dialog. Type in the URL of the branch.



Press OK. Succeeding commits will be saved to the new branch. If you want to go back to the trunk, just use Switch... again and specify the URL of the trunk. The working copy will be updated accordingly.