How do I branch in bamboo with subversion

[AmitB]

I created a branch manually in svn, and would like to add a similar branch in bamboo. How do I set up the branch path such that the build only occurs when changes in the branch happen? I only see 2 fields: "Display Name" and "Branch Description". Where do I set up the svn dir to point to the branch? Does babmboo assume the "Display Name" is the branch name as well?

[AmitB]

In the original plan configuration I have 3 separate source repositories. It seems like in the branch I can only change the default repository. Does this automatically affect the other 2 as well?

[PiotrA]

Hello AmitB,

No, Bamboo does not assume "display name" == branch-in-the-svn. AFAIK to setup a branch build with SVN repository you need to:

* go to the plan 'branches configuration' page, hit [create branch] button

* display name = however you would like the branch to be seen in Bamboo - I'd recommend using last chunk of svn path

* branch description = whatever

* hit [create] button

* now you need to go to newly created branch "source repository" configuration page/tab

* and there you need to override master's repository settings - there you should manually specify branch svn url.

Does this help?

cheers,

[AmitB]

In the original plan configuration I have 3 separate source repositories. It seems like in the branch I can only change the default repository. How do I modify all the repositories to use the branch?

[PiotrA]

Ah, that's the worse case. Out of the box Bamboo doesn't support branching with multiple source repositories. I think you should watch&vote following ticket: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-11544 . Other than that I can't help.

[James Dumay]

There is a work around on BAM-11544 for the multiple repositories issue.