[RFC] branch --bind

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 09:27, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> It does not explain
>> what is a "bound branch", though; in fact, the way the text is written
>> suggests that a bound branch and a heavyweight checkout (which is
>> confusingly called "heavy checkout") are one and the same, because it
>> says that "bzr bind" will turn a branch into a checkout.
> 
> That was my point.
> 
>> Personally, I think that if the difference between a bound branch and
>> a heavyweight checkout is so subtle that it cannot be explained in a
>> user manual to a Bazaar non-expert, and even experts argue whether
>> they are or aren't the same, it's a clear sign that one of these
>> critters should simply go away.
> 
> I think Ian's explanation is quite clear.
> 
>     Juanma
> 
> 

To give some history. *I* liked bound branches, *Robert* liked
checkouts, we each implement parts of the final result. And we haven't
really ever gotten consensus on what it should be.

John
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