Can we create merge-directives using only one branch

[Aaron Bentley]

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jk wrote:
> Is it safe to create a merge-directive send file using only one
> branch, then apply that patch to a child of the branch? What about the
> other way, child patch to parent?
> 
> For example:
>      # Let's say the parent_branch is at revid:abc1051
>      bzr branch parent_branch child_branch
>      bzr branch parent_branch reference_branch
>      # make changes to parent and child branches
>      bzr send -o reference.patch reference_branch parent_branch

The second argument to "bzr send" is the public location of the current
branch.  parent_branch doesn't look like a public location.  So I can't
really make out what you're trying to do.

Aaron
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