# Svn, initial import with an old branch

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 31, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815 "2007-07-31T09:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815/1 "2007-07-31T09:10:51Z")

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Hey, if I have a project to import, but I also have an older version  
that project, can I just drop the old version into a branch directory  
before doing the import?

T.

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**Author:** ![Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815/2 "2007-07-31T20:40:30Z")

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On Jul 31, 12:09 am, Trans [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hey, if I have a project to import, but I also have an older version  
> that project, can I just drop the old version into a branch directory  
> before doing the import?

Guess, I should have put an O.T. on this… anyway…

To follow-up, I think the answer is essentially yes, except use a tag  
instead of a branch.

see [Subversion Users: Re: Importing two versions of a single project at once](http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-06/0477.shtml)

T.