Branch for format 7

[Robert Collins]

On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 17:41 -0500, Aaron Bentley wrote:
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> Robert Collins wrote:
> | When we start the split into checkout, branch and repository, I figure
> | we'll leave .bzr/branch-format behind with a value of (say) 9, and
> | introduce new format values for each of the other three elements.
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> Once branch metadata is moved into a subdirectory, 'branch-format' isn't
> an accurate filename.  What do you think of 'meta-format'?

I'm worried about old clients giving confusing messages. I agree that
meta-format is a better name, and perhaps we should have both:
meta-format of 1 when we split
branch-format of $last-non-split + 1.

Then after a suitable delay, we remove the branch-format file.

Rob

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