Is it possible to delete a branch from repository?
Brian de Alwis
bsd at cs.ubc.ca
Tue May 19 17:04:39 BST 2009
On 19-May-2009, at 7:25 AM, Olin Shivers wrote:
> Wow, this seems like a show-stopper to me for using bazaar. It means
> that I
> can't cheaply make a branch under a shared repo, play around with
> it, then
> kill it after merging any useful elements back into a longer-lived
> branch --
> or just conclude it was a bad idea and kill it, period.
I believe a stacked branch should do the trick: the additions will be
stored in the stacked branch.
http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/latest/en/user-guide/index.html#id68
> [...] stacked branches have additional benefits:
>
> * The new branch can be in a completely different location to
> the branch being stacked on.
> * Deleting the stacked branch really deletes the revisions
> (rather than leaving them in a shared repository).
> * Security is improved over shared repositories, because the
> stacked-on repository can be physically readonly to developers
> committing to stacked branches.
>
> These benefits make stacked branches ideal for various scenarios
> including experimental branches and code hosting sites.
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