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1. An old how to for CVS, may be adapted to SVN
2. A more recent one for SVN
3. A specific one for Windows

An alternative using SVK and not the vendor branch principle (a Vinay Agarwal'tip)

A discussion about this topic on user ML proposing an a simpler alternative simpler way, extract :

1. I keep two main patch files - basic_development.patch and basic_production.patch. Both patch files change the OFBiz configuration to work with our network environment, each one using settings chosen for the task - development or production. Only one patch is used at a time.
2. I keep all of my custom development in a single folder under the ofbiz/applications folder. I avoid touching the trunk code at all costs - except for the configuration patches mentioned above.
3. To keep my local copy updated, I do an SVN revert (to reverse the changes made by the patch), then an SVN update, then re-apply the patch. My custom development folder is untouched by the SVN commands, because SVN doesn't "know" about the folder.

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