SVN Branching over SSH (SVN+SSH)
Last updated:svn copy is the command you use to create a branch. Suppose, for the sake of example, that your repo is located in server myserver (you access it with username johndoe on path/svnroot/company/trunk/my-project)
Create the branch:
$ svn copy svn+ssh://johndoe@myserver/svnroot/mycompany/trunk/myproject svn+ssh://johndoe@myserver/svnroot/mycompany/branches/weird-experiment-on-myproject
(At this point you may be prompted for a password, if you're not using Private Keys to log into the remote server.)
Point your working directory to your branch (commits will now be sent to your branch rather than your regular repo)
$ svn switch svn+ssh://johndoe@myserver/svnroot/mycompany/branches/weird-experiment-on-myproject
And to Switch back to your original repo:
$ svn switch svn+ssh://johndoe@myserver/svnroot/mycompany/trunk/myproject
miscellaneous
To check what URL your working directory is currently pointing to, run $ svn info