Johann's bzr request

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 02:07 -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Johann Borck <johann> -----
> 
>  From: Johann Borck
>  To: jblack at gnuarch.org
>  Subject: bzr
> 
> Hi James,
> i'd like to know if there's a way to use bzr from python directly, i
> looked around a little, but didn't find a way to get around the printed
> output without changing each cmd_xxx class. what i'd need is the return
> values from the commands, for example revno, will i have to use
> commands.getoutput() or similar and start a new process for each
> command, or is there a way to use bzr as a library?

The cmd_xxx classes are 'user interface' classes that implement the
console user interface. Someone using bzr from python should not use the
cmd_xxx classes at all (as other respondents have mentioned).

If you find it hard to get what you want from the underlying behaviour,
we will consider that a bug. Likewise, if you need more structured
output (see HACKING for our plans in this area) we are very open to
adjusting the api to make it easy to use. 

Rob

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