"diff -r submit:" should not need to look at the parent

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Am I the only one annoyed at the fact that "bzr diff -rsubmit:" has to
> look at the parent branch (which is particularly annoying if that
> branch is remote and you're not connected), even tho "all" the needed
> data is already present locally?
> Arch got this right (thanks to its distinction between the name and the
> location(s) of a branch).
> 
> 
>         Stefan
> 
> 
> 

Note that if you want to imitate Arch and use a 'mostly up to date'
mirror of the remote branch, then you can do:

bzr branch $REAL_PARENT local_parent
bzr branch local_parent mybranch

This, of course, works better in a treeless shared repository.

John
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