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Re: bzr repository ready?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: bzr repository ready?
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:19:53 -0500

> From: Jason Earl <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes
>  <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:13:57 -0700
> 
> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > But Bazaar branches *cannot* at present be colocated; they *cannot*
> > share a working tree.  That means that if you do a "bzr branch" for a
> > one-line change, you have to do a "make bootstrap" to test.
> > EEEEEEeeeeeewwwwww.
> 
> That's not entirely true.  I keep a "workspace" checkout in my
> repository and then "bzr switch" between the branches that I am working
> on.  It probably doesn't work exactly like git, but it certainly allows
> you to switch between branches without doing a make bootstrap.  Commits
> go to the right place, the branch nick gets set correctly, switching is
> fast, and make does the right thing.

But that means you already bootstrapped each branch at least once,
right?  Or did I misunderstand the functionality of "bzr switch"
and/or how you use it?




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