Bzr-svn and bzr repositories.

[Kevin Kubasik]

Thanks a ton all ;)

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Andrew Bennetts <andrew at canonical.com> wrote:
> Kevin Kubasik wrote:
>  > Hey all! First, I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Kevin
>  > Kubasik, I'm a member of The Gnome Foundation and a generally Ubuntuy
>  > guy (although always looking to offload packaging duties if someones
>  > interested ;). I met some of you guys at PyCon in Chicago, but for the
>  > rest of you, thats the closest I got to a hello ;)
>
>  Hi!  It was great to meet you at PyCon.
>
>  [...]
>
> > mkdir beagle-repo
>  > cd beagle-repo
>  > bzr init-repo .
>  > bzr branch svn+ssh://svn.gnome.org/svn/beagle/trunk beagle-trunk
>  >
>  > Gives me:
>  > bzr: ERROR: Repository
>  > KnitPackRepository('file:///home/kkubasik/mysrc/beagle-repo/.bzr/repository/')
>  > is not compatible with repository
>  > SvnRepository('svn+ssh://svn.gnome.org/svn/beagle')
>
>  This is actually answered in the FAQ that comes with bzr-svn.  You need a
>  repository in "rich-root-pack" format.  "Rich roots" are a feature that aren't
>  supported in the current default format (although they should be in the next
>  default format), but bzr-svn is bleeding-edge enough to need them now :)
>
>  So you should have done "bzr init-repo --rich-root-pack .".  You can change the
>  format after creation with "bzr upgrade --rich-root-pack".
>
>  -Andrew.
>
>



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Kevin Kubasik
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