Problems with push and branch

[Joseph Wakeling]

Wouter van Heyst wrote:
> It seems there isn't a --with-tree for sftp. Is it feasible for you to
> install bzrtools (http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrTools) and use rsync over
> ssh? The syntax then becomes 'bzr push remote.computer.com:location'

Perfect!  I think I owe you a beer, or other refreshing beverage of your choice.  :-) 

A question: is the bzr branch command meant only to apply within a given file system, or is it meant to work over e.g. sftp or rsync connections too?  With bzrtools installed, the bzr push command works great, but if I type instead,

    bzr branch . myname at remote.computer.com:~/location/

I get that same old response,

    bzr: ERROR: Parent of "myname at remote.computer.com:~/location/" does
not exist.

... whether or not the directory ~/location/ exists or not.