[MERGE/RFC] Userdoc Driven Design on the Bazaar 2.0 UI

[Jelmer Vernooij]

Christophe TROESTLER wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:29:35 +0200, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
>   
>> Christophe TROESTLER wrote:
>>     
>>> What about the difference between "bzr checkout --lightweight $URL"
>>> and "bzr branch --stacked; bzr bind $URL"?
>>>   
>>>       
>> A stacked branch has some history locally, and has a local repository
>> (although that only contains a few revisions).
>>
>> A lightweight checkout doesn't have its own repository or any local
>> history.
>>     
>
> Right but it seems to me that "bzr branch --stacked; bzr bind $URL"
> has all the capabilities and advantages of checkout plus the ability
> of local commits if one needs so.  Is there a senario for which
> checkout --lightweight would be superior?  (The same question holds
> for a heavyweight checkout versus a bound branch.)
>   
A stacked branch "gathers dust". The repository along with which it is
created contain more and more data as the branch is used (e.g. a pull
will cause new revisions to end up in the stacked branch too).

Cheers,

Jelmer