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<H1>Branching</H1>
<P>Creating a branch and releasing resources to that branch is useful in cases
where you are not yet ready to put your changes in the main development flow.
It is also useful for creating incremental patches to existing versions.
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<P>To create a branch:
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<li>From the context menu of the project, select <b>Team &gt; Branch</b>.</li>
<li>Enter the Branch Name for the new branch in the text area.</li>
<li>If the project in your workspace is not already a version, enter the Version
Name to create in the text area.</li>
<li>If you would like to start working in the branch immediately, make sure
the checkbox is selected.</li>
<li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<p><em>Note:</em> The Version Name is important; you will need this when you want
to merge your changes later on. It identifies the point at which the branch
was created.
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<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br>
<a href="../concepts/concepts-26.htm">Team programming with CVS</a><br>
<a href="../concepts/concepts-27b.htm">Branches</a><br>
<a href="../concepts/concepts-30.htm">Synchronizing with a CVS repository</a>
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<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br>
<a href="tasks-115.htm">Synchronizing with the repository</a><br>
<a href="tasks-100b.htm">Merging from a branch</a>
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<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" ><br>
<a href="../reference/ref-47.htm">CVS</a>
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