[MERGE] branch documentation: clarify English word "copy"

Michael Ernst mernst at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jun 11 08:01:34 BST 2009


I suggest changing text in

    bzrlib/builtins.py
    bzrlib/help_topics/__init__.py

from

  Create a new copy of a branch.

to something like

  Create a new branch that is a copy of an existing branch.

My rationale is that the current text doesn't make clear whether the copy
is a full-fledged branch on its own, or is some lesser thing (just a
"copy").  This is a small matter, but I think clarifying it will avoid user
confusion -- it did confuse me at first.

You can see the generated documentation at, for example,
http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/user-reference/bzr_man.html#branch

                    -Michael Ernst

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