RE: checking out multiple branches of a project

[Jim.Hyslop]

Chris Cheshire wrote:
> I have a project in source control called mylib (for example) that 
> contains libraries used for my various programs. Currently I need to 
> make some changes to a development branch, as well as some changes to 
> the head. I have been deleting one, checking out the other, 
> deleting it, 
> checking out the original one again constantly, and it is starting to 
> get annoying. Is there any way I can check it out so that the 
> structure 
> looks something like :
> 
> ~/src/mylib/HEAD/...
> ~/src/mylib/dev-branch/...

Sure, piece of cake. Check out [sic] the -d option to the checkout command.

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )