Branch configuration

[John Arbash Meinel]

Aaron Bentley wrote:
> Jan Hudec wrote:
> 
>>>I recently searched where push location is stored and was rather surprised to
>>>find it in ~/.bazaar/. Shouldn't the branch configuration be stored inside
>>>the branch? It would be easier to find for the user, a bit simpler (no [...]
>>>headers needed) and have the advantage of moving around with the branch.
> 
> 
> I agree it should be stored in the branch.  I would think it should be
> in .bzr/branch.conf
> 
> The [] headers are redundant anyway.  They're from before we were using
> ConfigObj.
> 
> Aaron

This was an old discussion back when Robert & I wrote push at the same
time. I think he *didn't* want the push target to be copied when doing a
'cp -ar' which is why he put it in ~/.bazaar/branches.conf

Since in his mind, doing 'cp -ar' is creating a new branch, and you
probably want an alternate target on the other end.

We debated for a little bit about what should go inside the branch, and
what should go outside of it. But never really decided on anything.

Right now, I feel like ~/.bazaar/branches.conf is to remote. It means if
I want to change the push target, I have to look somewhere other than
the branch, and then compare path names to make sure I get the right
one, etc.

Also, since branches.conf isn't ever cleaned out, it seems better to
have 'cp' copy the push target, than to accidentally have 'mv'
create/change a push target. (if you renamed a branch into a name that
you used to have, but perhaps forgot about).

John
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