can always move it onto a branch if this happens).</p>
    </dd>
  </dl>

  <p>This is a matter for project policy although, in general, we would
  recommend the <cite>Branch When Needed</cite> approach.</p>

  <h3 id="branching_where">Where to Branch From</h3>

  <p>When you create a new branch you have two choices for which revision to
  create the branch from:</p>

  <dl>
    <dt>The latest revision of the trunk</dt>

    <dd>
      <p>This is the preferred choice where possible. It minimised the chances