Andrew MacIntyre wrote: >> Note that a branch can (and should) be created for resolving these >> problems, like >>>> svn copy svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640 svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH >>>> followed by merging rev 46647 to the new branch. >> My attempt to follow your instructions is failing: Yeah, that Tim's strange way of doing ssh. The line really *should* read svn copy svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640 svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH Notice that you need to give the username twice. It works for Tim because he created a putty profile that embeds the username. It didn't work for you, because you either didn't use putty, or did not create a profile. Regards, Martin