08:16 < abentley> Better phrasing: 'what circumstances should cause us to produce a working tree in a repository branch'?

[Denys Duchier]

Wouter "sandwich-creator" van Heyst <larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org> writes:

> Likewise I create a sandwich and a model of heat conduction.

:-)

Fortunately, bzr offering neither the concept of a sandwich nor of a model of
heat conduction, we are spared that particular confusion.  It's not like I am
suggesting that we use the word "do" in place of every command (after all, they
all, you know, _do_ stuff) ;-)

> In my mind, a repository and a branch do different things, both being
> under create feels unnatural.

Do you claim that it is unnatural to speak of "creating a repository" or of
"creating a branch".  I find that hard to believe (but to each his own).

I am much less convinced by "creating a checkout".  That one feels a bit
contrived.

Cheers,

--Denys

PS: once again, I am not attempting to sell the "create" idea against all odds;
but let's at least shake it to see what falls off.  Also I think there is value
in attempting to see if "related" commands could be grouped under one federating
command (another example is "ls", which for some reason remains hidden).