Useing Subclipse repository view to check out a branch

Question

I'm want to use subclipse to create a project from code in an SVN branch. I select 'checkout' from the branch in the repository view. Eventually I get a popup that contains a checkbox labeled: Check out HEAD revision. I don't want the HEAD I want the Branch. Since I selected checkout on the branch I'm puzzled as to what I'm being asked to select. To phrase this as an answerable question: What do I check/uncheck on this screen if I want to checkout a branch project?

Answer 1

Read this chapter of the book:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.basic.in-action.html#svn.basic.svn-repositories

You do not understand the revision model. HEAD simply means the most recent revision. Revisions in SVN are global and describe the entire repository. A branch is a path within the repository. It would be perfectly normal to checkout HEAD of a branch.

Answer 2

Thanks Mark for taking the time to answer. I was actually asking what Subclipse was prompting for since 'branch' was not mentioned in the prompt. I'm still not sure what the prompt means given that I was trying to check out a branch. In any case I went ahead and did a checkout from the branch in the repository view and I got the branch code.

So to paraphrase Marks' reply, Subclipse is asking whether you want the HEAD or some revision OF THE BRANCH.