re 0.15rc3/win32: bug report, suggestion and question

[Andrew Voznytsa]

John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Andrew Voznytsa wrote:
>   
>> John Arbash Meinel wrote:
>>     
>>> (If you want to get your hands dirty, you could just edit
>>> .bzr/branch/location directly, but it isn't something I would recommend)
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Actually I did it already (a few files were modified there) and after
>>
>> bzr add
>> bzr commit
>>
>> got
>>
>>
>> bzr: ERROR: Cannot commit to branch
>> BzrBranch5('file://host/repository/module/'). It is bound to
>> BzrBranch5('file://host/repository/module/'), which is bound to
>> file://host/repository/module/.
>>
>>
>> bzr log or status works OK.
>>
>>
>> Do you have an idea of what should I do to make it working?
>>
>>
>> (If it takes to long to give advice/explain/etc don't bother - I'll just
>> restore backup and do 'bzr switch')
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew Voznytsa
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Unless I miss my guess, you pointed a lightweight checkout at itself. It
> is hard to say for sure, since I don't know how you replaced strings.
>
> If it was just how you replaced the strings, then point your local
> (lightweight) checkout at the original branch.
>
> As an example you seem to have:
>
> C:\mywork\.bzr\branch\location => file:///C:/mywork
>
> But I would hope that you would at least have:
>
> C:\mywork\.bzr\branch\location => file:///M:/sharedwork
>
> But M:\sharedwork is actually a heavy checkout of M:\repo\sharedwork
>
> So you need to change
>
> C:\mywork\.bzr\branch\location => file:///M:/repo/sharedwork.
>
> I hope that is more helpful than confusing.
>
>   
Thanks John,

but it was in that form already. I'll just restore backup, commit
modified files, remove working tree and do new checkout using UNC URL.
Or use bzr switch.

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Best regards,
Andrew Voznytsa