understanding some of the basics

[Neil Martinsen-Burrell]

On 2010-10-17 02:41 , John Gabriele wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Neil Martinsen-Burrell
> <nmb at wartburg.edu>  wrote:
>>
>> $ bzr init-repo ~/the-proj
>> $ cd ~/the-proj
>> $ bzr init trunk
>> $ cd trunk
>> # hack, hack, hack: edit, bzr commit, repeat
>> $ bzr tag "works-ok" # marks the current revision of trunk
>> $ bzr branch . ../crazy-feature
>> $ cd ../crazy-feature
>> # hack, hack, hack: edit, bzr commit, repeat
>> $ cd ../trunk
>> $ bzr merge ../crazy-feature
>> # test the result of the merge
>> $ bzr commit -m "merged crazy feature"
>>
>
> I notice that checkouts (using the checkout&  upgrade commands) are
> not used anywhere there. After looking a bit more at the docs, it
> seems like checkouts are a separate feature from branches (except for
> being bound to one), and one could happily go on using bzr for quite a
> long while without ever using them at all. Is that the case?
>
> Were checkouts added to bzr as a feature to make it more palatable to
> folks looking for a more centralized workflow?

Yes, that is a reasonable way to put it.  Checkouts also allow for 
lighter disk usage on the local machine (the repository is stored 
elsewhere) in exchange for more network traffic.

-Neil