Eclipse SVN commit an unupdated version? - eclipse

I'm trying to commit an out of date version of a java project, but it won't let me without updating it. I do not want to update it because the updated version is all messed up, so I checked out an older version... Is there some way of creating a new project on the svn with it? I can't get it to show up on our repository. What option do I select when I right click the project and then select Team?

Branch your working copy to the main repository, so you will have two working copies to refer. you will have access to both the versions so you can do the needful...link for reference
see Branches, Tags and Trunk....

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How to update SVN source using subclipse

I am using subclipse plugin in Eclipse to use SVN repo. for commit the source changes i use [Right click -> Team -> Commit]
I need to pull the latest changes from SVN repo. i am seeing options for updating the source
Right click -> Team -> Update to Head &
Right click -> Team -> Update to Version
Which one i have to use to update the latest changes in my local repo and what is the difference between them. Please suggest.
The difference is following:
Update to HEAD will do svn update.
In other words it will update your working copy to the last revision from the repository.
Synchronize with Repository is something similar to svn status -u, but even more.
It will open a Synchronize tab (or perspective) that displays overview of your local (outgoing) modifications versus repository (incoming) modifications.
In this tab or perspective, you can review and synchronize (commit / update) individual files, see differences between your working copy files and incoming files from repository, browse commits history, resolve conflicts.
Update to Revision:
The standard Update command has no options and just updates your working copy to the HEAD revision of the repository, which is the most common use case. If you want more control over the update process, you should use TortoiseSVN → Update to Revision... instead. This allows you to update your working copy to a specific revision, not only to the most recent one. Suppose your working copy is at revision 100, but you want it to reflect the state which it had in revision 50 - then simply update to revision 50
Update to Revision can occasionally be useful to see what your project looked like at some earlier point in its history. But in general, updating individual files to an earlier revision is not a good idea as it leaves your working copy in an inconsistent state. If the file you are updating has changed name, you may even find that the file just disappears from your working copy because no file of that name existed in the earlier revision. You should also note that the item will show a normal green overlay, so it is indistinguishable from files which are up-to-date.
In general, I highly recommend you to check out the SVN Handbook. At least first two chapters.

Mars Eclipse - branches are the same

I downloaded and installed the Mars Eclipse a couple days ago.
When I was working on branches, I've noticed that they are the same...
This is what I'm doing:
I create a new branch "test" and change some files in it. When I switch to branch "master" files are the same like in branch "test".
Does anyone know how to fix it? :)
If you added and committed the changes to your branch, and the files look the same in Eclipse, you just need to refresh your view using F5 or right click on your project and hit 'Refresh'.
If you did not add and commit your changes, then the given behavior is expected.

Creating eclipse project from old project

I have an old eclipse java project which is stored in SVN. I wish to create a new one based on the old one but without the SVN files. I'll be doing some experimental changes to it and I want to have the old one as backup basically. Anyone can give advice on how to do this? Thanks
FYI: This has been posted in Javaranch as well
You have a number of options:
Don't do a check-out (which creates the metadata files, allowing for changes to be easily and later committed), but an export instead. From the "SVN Repositories" view in Eclipse, right-click the project folder, then click "Export...".
Just check-out a 2nd copy of the project from SVN, naming it with a different project name in the workspace to keep it distinct. Just refrain from checking-in any changes back to the SVN repository.
Copy the project as usual, and simply delete the SVN metadata files.
Same as #3, but let Eclipse do this for you - using Team / Disconnect.

Eclipse not allowing svn compare and giving resource not existing in repo error

I am using team svn plugin in my eclipse helios pydev project.I deleted a repository file in eclipse and then committed the changes and all went well. The file got removed from repository fine.
Lets say package structure is like this in repo
dev/
folderA/
folderB/
C.py
In eclipse dev is the project name.
I deleted C.py from eclipse and commited using svn team commit option.
It worked fine.
Now when I try to compare folderA with repo folderA, Eclipse try to compare C.py from the revision which obviously is not there and does not allow compare to work.
Somehow eclipse has that file in its memory.
How can I make eclipse know that file is deleted and is not supposed to be there in first place?
it seems that was just a synchronisation problem as after updating from the repo the problem was solved.

Eclipse Subversive plugin: Why can't I create this branch?

I recently switched from Subclipse to Subversive for SVN integration in Eclipse, and I'm having trouble creating a branch of my source code.
I've tried a few different variations of my method, but they all led me to the same roadblock. Basically, here's what I'm trying to do.
Navigator pane
Right-click on project folder (want to branch the whole thing)
Team > Branch
In the Location field, browse to select the /branches folder in my repository
Add the branch name to the path field, i.e. "/testbranch" (not pictured)
The dialog then looks like this, and I can't continue.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1011/branchingfail.png
What am I doing wrong here? Why can't I create this branch? If nothing else, can it at least be confirmed that I'm following the right process, and it's something about my environment or configuration that's stopping the branch from being created?
I found that SVN is very particular with the SVN connectors. If you connected and downloaded SVN code with one connector and then switched to a different connector when you started using Subversive, you'll definitely have problems.
I've had unexplained Subversive problems in the past and they've almost always tracked back to different connector usage. The solution for me was to reset all of my local SVN code. I deleted everything local and rechecked out all of my code. Everything appeared to be fine after that.
I hope this helps.
I don't consider this a proper solution, but it's at least got me working again. Instead of running a branch operation, I created a new folder inside my branches folder, and then copied the contents of the trunk folder into it. I was then able to switch to my new "branch".
Make sure you do not have any uncommited changes, and then do a Team>cleanup. Also make sure you are branching from the trunk and that you do not have any mixed version. For example you can have a folder below the root be from another branch while the rest of the project is from trunk. This will cause the branch creation to fail. When having issues with branches from the navigator, try reverting the project (right click choose team>revert) several times. Then execute the cleanup several times.
Also you may consider creating the branch from the SVN Repositories view. From this view right click on the location you want to branch from (ie truck) and select New>branch from the context menu. One last step is from the navigator view you will need to swtich your project to the newly created brancn: right click on the project root and select Team>switch from the context menu