BZR_HOME + HOMESHARE (was: Re: bazaar-ng 0.7 released)

[Jari Aalto]

John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> writes:

> Jari Aalto wrote:
>> determines the correct location like this. No automatic use of
>> HOMESHARE, but only IF user has a bazaar directory along it.
>> 
>>     if (environemnt variable is set "BZR_HOME")
>>        then use BZR_HOME
>>     else if (there is directory "$HOMESHARE/.bazaar/bazaar.conf/")
>>        then suppose user is using $HOMESHARE
>>     else if (you can find directory "$HOMEDRIVE + $HOMEPATH/.bazaar/bazaar.conf")
>>        then suppose user is using $HOMEDRIVE + $HOMEPATH
>>     else
>>        use APPDATA
>> 
>
> [the new on is]
> ~/.bazaar/bazaar.conf

Ok. I've updated the if..then..else above.

Btw, I find it confusing to use the name "bazaar" for configuration
file. "bazaar". I understand the official name "Bazaar NG", like
"Mercurical", but I there is logic that is already widely in use:

   <program binary>       <progam config files>
   cvs                    .cvsignore
   svn                    .svnignore
   hg                     .hgrc         (Mercurical)
   
I don't remember, but was was there a reson why Bzaar did not follow
the converion and use:

   bzr                   ~/.bzr/bzr.conf

I just would like to see Bzr to behave similarly to the other
utilities, as much as possible to prevent learning curves for
utilities that "do it differently". 

> I'm not sure what the correct path should be for $HOMESHARE.
> Also, we need a place to *create* the directory if it doesn't exist.

The result of directory that comes out from if..then..else case can be
used. It defaults to APPDATA when none of the above matches.

> I wouldn't be opposed to probing for config directories. 

This would solve installation of Bzr in large corporate/educational
sites where HOME disks are remotedly mounted to windows shares. It
would be very valuable.

User's settings in BZR_HOME would still override.

> But what happens if 2 exist?

You mean this:

     ...
     else if (there is directory "$HOMESHARE/.bazaar/bazaar.conf/")
        then suppose user is using $HOMESHARE

I may not have understood the question you asked, but that "probe" would
then determine that User's configuration directory is there, so use it.

Jari