[RFC] branch --bind

[Robert Collins]

On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 17:03 +1000, Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> 
> 
> As I pointed out in my original email, *my* driver for adding --bind
> to
> the cli is because it's the best and safest way to build a better GUI
> for branch. I hope to do that soon, perhaps this weekend. 

The API is very shallow for this, I don't see why you need to change the
CLI to make your GUI change. There are two command, qbzr can run them
itself, or just call the main bzr API directly.

I didn't see the same consensus you seem to:  bound branches remaining
is totally different to this being a good UI change. I will take this
point to chime in and say that I really do think this makes the bzr UI
harder to explain and more likely to confuse people.

Users making a new branch are *really* unlikely to want it bound, unless
they actually want a checkout. Setting the parent location for a bound
branch to the master location is a bad idea as well, because commands
like 'pull' become less useful.

-Rob
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