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diff --git a/docs/contributing.txt b/docs/contributing.txt index 26d64845f5..42592fb336 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.txt +++ b/docs/contributing.txt @@ -223,15 +223,22 @@ trunk more than once. Using branches -------------- -To test a given branch, you can simply check out the entire branch. Or, if -you've got a working directory you'd like to switch to use a branch, you can -use:: +To test a given branch, you can simply check out the entire branch, like so:: + + svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/<branch>/ + +Or, if you've got a working directory you'd like to switch to use a branch, +you can use:: svn switch http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/<branch>/ ...in the root of your Django sandbox (the directory that contains ``django``, ``docs``, and ``tests``). +The advantage of using ``svn switch`` instead of ``svn co`` is that the +``switch`` command retains any changes you might have made to your local copy +of the code. It attempts to merge those changes into the "switched" code. + Official releases ================= |