svn switch (sw) — Update working copy to a different URL.
The first variant of this subcommand (without the
            --relocate option) updates your working
            copy to point to a new URL.  This is the Subversion way to
            make a working copy begin tracking a new branch.  If
            specified, PEGREV determines in
            which revision the target is first looked up.  See
            the section called “Traversing Branches” for an in-depth
            look at switching.
| ![[Note]](images/note.png)  | Note | 
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| Beginning with Subversion 1.7, the svn
              switch command will demand by default that the
              URL to which you are switching your working copy shares
              a common ancestry with item that the working copy
              currently reflects.  You can override this behavior by
              specifying the  | 
If --force is used, unversioned
            obstructing paths in the working copy do not automatically
            cause a failure if the switch attempts to add the same
            path.  If the obstructing path is the same type (file or
            directory) as the corresponding path in the repository, it
            becomes versioned but its contents are left untouched in
            the working copy.  This means that an obstructing
            directory's unversioned children may also obstruct and
            become versioned.  For files, any content differences
            between the obstruction and the repository are treated
            like a local modification to the working copy.  All
            properties from the repository are applied to the
            obstructing path.
As with most subcommands, you can limit the scope of
            the switch operation to a particular tree depth using the
            --depth option.  Alternatively, you can
            use the --set-depth option to set a new
            “sticky” working copy depth on the switch
            target.
The --relocate option is deprecated
            as of Subversion 1.7.  Use svn relocate
            (described in svn relocate)
            to perform working copy relocation instead.
If you're currently inside the directory
            vendors, which was branched to
            vendors-with-fix, and you'd like to
            switch your working copy to that branch:
$ svn switch http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/branches/vendors-with-fix . U myproj/foo.txt U myproj/bar.txt U myproj/baz.c U myproj/qux.c Updated to revision 31.
To switch back, just provide the URL to the location in the repository from which you originally checked out your working copy:
$ svn switch http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/vendors . U myproj/foo.txt U myproj/bar.txt U myproj/baz.c U myproj/qux.c Updated to revision 31.
| ![[Tip]](images/tip.png)  | Tip | 
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| You can switch just part of your working copy to a branch if you don't want to switch your entire working copy, but this is not generally recommended. It's too easy to forget that you've done this and wind up accidentally making and committing changes both to the switched and unswitched portions of your tree. |