Interpret .bzr/branch/location relative to checkout root

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Colin D Bennett wrote:
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> So bzr is interpreting the '.bzr/branch/location' contents relative to
> the current working directory.  I propose that it should interpret the
> 'location' of the checkout's bound branch relative to the checkout
> root.  It should not behave differently depending on what subdirectory
> depth you are at below the checkout.
> 
> Am I missing something?  Is the current behavior intended, and would a
> patch be welcome to make it relative to the checkout root?
> 
> Regards,
> Colin

So the contents of 'location' are supposed to be absolute paths. It
happens to work sometimes if you force it to a relative path, but as you
noticed, it is a bit more accidental than on purpose.

Personally, I think it would be good to do a relative path when
possible, like we do for "get_parent". My only concern is about
compatibility with older clients, as they won't be able to understand a
checkout with a relative location very well.

Perhaps we can bring in the functionality, and not make it default, so
that people can do it themselves, and then on the next WT release, we
make it the default behavior.

John
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