SVN - merging/killing a branch

Question

Within our repository we have a trunk that contains our app, a branch for "phase 2" features added on top of the app and then a branch of this branch with some single-sign-on functionality added into the app.

trunk/application
branches/application_phase_2
branches/application_phase_2_with_sso

No work has taken place in the trunk and any updates to application_phase_2 have been merged-up to application_phase_2_with_sso.

The application_phase_2 branch work is now complete and live, but application_phase_2_with_sso branch work is not finished yet.

I've succesfully merged application_phase_2 back into the trunk, but wanted to kill (delete) this branch to stop others in the team from checking in any further work into it.

Will SVN allow me do this given the application_phase_2_with_sso branch?

If I can is there any impact on the application_phase_2_with_sso branch if I kill the branch it was taken from - once work is completed here can I merge this back to trunk directly?

Answer 1

Will SVN allow me do this given the application_phase_2_with_sso branch?

Yes

is there any impact on the application_phase_2_with_sso branch if I kill the branch it was taken from

No. In any case you delete only in "current" state, history doens't affected, stored in repo and can can used, when needed (and, and last, due to ",...any updates to application_phase_2 have been merged-up to application_phase_2_with_sso" application_phase_2_with_sso content is equal to "will be deleted" branch and will want nothing from parent)