Lightweight branches?

[Nicholas Allen]

Couldn't he also use a lightweight checkout of the branch to achieve 
what he wants without having to use a repository?

Nick

Aaron Bentley wrote:
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> Ross Burton wrote:
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>> Is it possible to do a "lightweight branch" that only copies
>> locally the latest working copy and doesn't let me see the previous
>> history?
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> No.  The usual way to do cheap branching is to use a repository.  This
> doesn't speed up the initial branch.
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> We do have a spec for what you're talking about, but no one is working
> on it yet:  http://bazaar-vcs.org/HistoryHorizon
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> Aaron
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