Repository referencing in command lines (was Re: 08:16 < abentley> Better phrasing: [...])

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:59:12AM -0600 I heard the voice of
Matthew D. Fuller, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> Of course, in a standalone branch, you don't have to call it
> anything; you can just `bzr nick` later if you want.  In a
> repository, you have to declare what the branch will be called.  I'd
> be tempted to add an arg and have "bzr init <location>
> <branch-name>"; maybe it's optional for standalone to declare the
> name, but it would be required for repo.

It occured to me (after hitting send, naturally) that this is
non-sensical or incomplete as it stands.  init as it is both
instantiates an [empty] branch, and creates a location for the working
tree.  So ignore this detail for now.


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