How do I switch to another subversion branch in Intellij?

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PeterP picture PeterP · Oct 19, 2009 · Viewed 48.5k times · Source

What is the concept of switching branches in IntelliJ? I must be either blind or an idiot...

I would assume there'd be a "switch to copy" option or something like that, but there is none...

EDIT for clarification: my prev IDE had a simple "switch to copy" option, which updated all files being different from current branch/trunk. IntelliJ seems to have a completely different approach to this, which I just do not seem to understand. The help is not very useful either.

Helpful keywords, links or hints are very much appreciated. Thanks.

Answer

PeterP picture PeterP · Oct 19, 2009

Just discovered switching branches is done using the update dialog (VCS -> Update Project, ⌘T), where I can select any branch, tag or revision I want.

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