--apend-revisions-only as option to "bzr init-repo"

[Robert Collins]

On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 12:46 +0100, Nicholas Allen wrote:
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> I think it would be nice if you could have a repo.conf or something
> similar. When bazaar looks for a configuration option it tries
> branch.conf and, if not found there, looks at the repository's
> repo.conf. Then this would work for all config options and not just
> - --append-revisions-only. At least it could do this for options that
> affect a branch's behavior so maybe it only makes sense to do this for a
> few options.
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> Would that be possible?

I think its a bad idea; it will minimally impact performance, and
further lead to conflicts and special cases when branching between
repositories.

I'd much rather see an option like this as a hierarchical default, say
from a .bzr/options.conf or something. (Or heck, even locations.conf).

-Rob
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