Copying extra revisions in sprout

Aaron Bentley aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca
Mon Oct 1 22:50:10 BST 2007


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James Westby wrote:
> For a while now I have been trying to come up with a way to accomplish a
> certain task with bzr. I have considered various implementations, but
> none of them fit the bzr model and still appear clean from the outside.

It would be really helpful if you could start with what you're trying to
accomplish and go from there.  Even having read your email all the way
through, I don't know *why* you want to do this, which makes it hard to
know *how* you should do it.

> For reference the four solutions look something like
> 
> 1. Have a git-like many branches in one location.

oppose.  One of the strengths of Bazaar is that each branch is
addressable as a location.

> 2. Carry patches around with base revisions to apply to for 3 way
> merging.

oppose.  Patches are at best a partial solution

> 3. Use normal bzr branches and have commands to work on multiple
> branches.

support.

> 4. Carry patches around, with bundles to reconstruct the bases for 3 way
> merging.

oppose.  Patches are at best a partial solution

Aaron
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