[RFC][DRAFT] Updated guide for upgrading to rich-roots [and the 2.0 beta formats]

Martin Pool mbp at sourcefrog.net
Wed Jun 17 00:27:36 BST 2009


2009/6/16 Andrew Cowie <andrew at operationaldynamics.com>:
> On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 17:13 +1000, Jonathan Lange wrote:
>> Foolhardy devils like myself will need to be further warned: "Although
>> 'bzr upgrade' makes a backup.bzr directory, this is likely to be
>> insufficient for full restoration."

Is it really?

Perhaps (if this is true) a better phrasing would be: although bzr
makes a backup.bzr directory, you may feel more comfortable with a
full separate backup of your whole repository and/or working trees.

>
> Ok, I'll bite.
>
> "Huh"?
>
> [If not, what's the point of bzr bothering to make a backup? I can full
> well do such things myself in that case, I would think]


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