On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 12:51 PM Bo Berglund wrote:
>
> I need to create a project in the repository where I will use files that have
> been worked on in different test projects. All projects are part of the same
> repository.
>
> So in the new project I will have both new files and files from two existing
> projects within the repository.
> I know I could export the existing files into a directory on the client and
> collect the
> old and new files here and then create the new project from this directory.
> But then there is no history available for the old files preceding the
> current time...
>
> I wonder if I will get the history along with the files if I make a server
> side copy:
>
> svn cp /filename /filename
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bo Berglund
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: A server side copy is the same mechanism you use to make
branches and tags. Subversion doesn't really care about the reason for
the copy; it automatically follows the line of history, for example if
you later do 'svn log filename' (unless you use the --stop-on-copy
argument to svn log).
