svn - New project or branch? -

I have a solution in Subversion that I will now build a customer specific version. It is unlikely that this version will be fully merged into the main development. Although the main trunk will have development, I should easily meet specific projects and in other ways (there is a development in the custom project that should be returned to the main trunk).

Should a new custom project be a branch that resides with a new project within the main development or in the same way in your opinion within the same property?

I will definitely create a new branch if many common codes are shared in two variations of the project And yet there is a remote possibility that they can be merged together, so they do not see any benefit of separating them into two completely independent projects.

I had to go with a branch - this gives you the option, to merge the stuff back together later, if necessary.

Mark