Copy command

[David Clymer]

On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 14:46 +0100, Nicholas Allen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think it would be nice if bzr had a copy command which would copy a 
> file and its revision history.

I don't think this would be a good idea. If I add a file in the first
revision, then 7,000 revisions later, I bzr copy that file, what does
that mean? That the newly copied file was present in the first revision?
What if all preceding commits have been signed? Would this invalidate
all previous signatures, or alter those revisions so that each signature
attests the validity of a revision that is different from when it was
signed (very BAD, but hopefully impossible). 

I don't think any feature enables the creation of a false history is
something that would be nice. Am I just misunderstanding the function of
the proposed command?

-davidc

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