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copied!<p>The short answer: No</p> <p>This is why God created <code>svn switch</code> in the first place. It allows you to change your underlying branch of your working directory without losing your work.</p> <p>Think of it this way: How many times has a developer broke something because they've said to themselves <em>"Hey, I don't have to test this. It's a <strong>minor</strong> change"</em>?</p> <p>Even if Subversion allowed you to do what you want, it would still be a bad idea. You'd basically be making changes in a codebase with no real way of making sure they work in the first place. This is why Subversion requires you to have a working directory before you can make changes<sup>*</sup>. How would you test your changes?</p> <p>If you don't want to use <code>svn switch</code> because you don't want to lose your work, you could do the following:</p> <ul> <li>Copy your entire working directory to another location, then use <code>svn switch</code> on one to make that trunk.</li> <li>Finish your work on your branch. Commit the changes and note the revision number. Now, either do a <code>svn co</code> or <code>svn switch</code> to get a trunk working copy. Then use <code>svn merge -r</code> to merge your changes into trunk. And, of course, test your changes before committing them.</li> </ul> <hr> <p><sup>*</sup>Subversion does allow <code>mkdir</code>, <code>cp</code>, <code>mv</code>, and <code>rm</code> to work directly upon a URL, but that's mainly to allow you to manipulate branches without having to create a working directory.</p>

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