[MERGE][Bug #105432] how to create a working tree? add "create-tree" alias to "checkout"

[Robert Collins]

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 00:24 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> 
> No, create-tree can't become an alias, because built-in aliases have
> the
> same behavior as the command they alias.  'bzr reconfigure' would
> definitely have different parameters than the proposed create-tree
> does.

Perhaps we should have a feature request to allow more capable built in
aliasing.

> > Given that, adding a create-tree command now is still ok IMO.
> 
> I disagree.  I do not want to add more entries to the command list if
> we
> can help it.  In this case, we know that we expect to supersede
> create-tree with reconfigure very soon, so I don't think we should add
> a
> create-tree command in the first place.

I agree.

> I would be okay with an alias.  But not a new command.
> 
> In fact, this could be our opportunity to start on the reconfigure
> command, instead.  It doesn't have to do everything from day 1, after
> all. 

I agree with this too.

-Rob

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