bzr 1.14rc1

Stefan Monnier monnier at IRO.UMontreal.CA
Wed Apr 8 18:44:53 BST 2009


>>> * bzr no longer autodetects nested trees as 'tree-references'.  They
>>> must now be explicitly added tree references.  At the commandline, use
>>> join --reference instead of add.  (Aaron Bentley)
>> I'm not sure what is meant by "nested trees" or even "tree reference",
> Then this entry is irrelevant to you.
>> so I think this should be rewritten to make less assumptions about what
>> terminology the reader might know.
> Actually, perhaps this NEWS entry should be removed, since it relates to
> a feature that is not yet supported.
>> IIUC this is about Bzr branches that
>> appear within another Bzr branch, right?
> Kinda.  It only matters if you are using an experimental -subtrees
> format and you run bzr add.  This change causes add to behave the same
> way in that situation as it does normally.

Ahh... now I get it, thanks.  So, yes, I suggest to just make it clear
that this is only relevant to users of the -subtrees format.  Such users
will probably know what is a "nested tree" and a "tree reference", so
the rest of the entry will make sense to them.


        Stefan



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