Config for branch, not in branch

[Erik Bågfors]

2006/2/2, Denys Duchier <duchier at ps.uni-sb.de>:
> Erik Bågfors <zindar at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > What I didn't think about is that the configuration (my email in this
> > case) was lost when I moved the branch.
> >
> > I would prefer if this was kept inside the branch. What's the reason
> > it's in a separate configuration file?
>
> because that's personal information, not branch data.  If someone grabs your
> branch, he should not suddenly start committing in your name :-)

Well, bzr branch/pull/push wouldn't transfer these bits, so if someone
grabs my branch, he doesn't get this personal data.

This is no different than "bzr nick" to set the nick. That's stored in
.bzr/branch.conf and when someone does "bzr branch foo" it is not
transferred.

Same thing...

/Erik