cheap branching across file systems?

[Wouter van Heyst]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:57:25AM -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
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> TK Soh wrote:
> > On 6/27/06, Wouter van Heyst <larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:51:34AM -0500, TK Soh wrote:
> >> > I created a branch on a different file system, but 'du' reported
> >> > similar usage on both repo. Have I misinterpreted the concept of cheap
> >> > branching?

<explanation of cheap branching in bzr>

> I think that covers the gamut of bzr style branching (and cheapness).
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> Does that help, or just confuse things. I can try and simplify more if
> you want.

TK: 

I guess what I wanted to ask initially, where did you pick up this
'concept of cheap branching'? If our documentation is not clear, that
needs to be fixed.

Wouter van Heyst