To copy Job1 from Branch1 to Branch2 and preserve the change history when connecting Studio to

Talend Administration Center, you need to use the Copy to branch option. This option allows you to

copy a job or a folder from one branch to another branch in the same project without losing the

version history. You can access this option by switching to Branch1, right-clicking on Job1 in the

Repository tree view, and selecting Copy to branch. This will open a dialog box where you can select

Branch2 as the target branch and confirm the copy operation.

You do not need to use the import items, create standard job, or paste over options. These options

are not used to copy jobs between branches and preserve the change history. The import items

option is used to import items (such as jobs, metadata, routines, etc.) from an archive file that can be

exported from another project or workspace. The create standard job option is used to create a new

job with a name and a description. The paste over option is used to overwrite an existing job with

another job that has been copied or cut from the same or another project. Reference: Talend Open

Studio: Open-source ETL and Free Data Integration | Talend, [Copy to branch - 7.3]