Creating a bzr branch out of a series of tarballs

[Gordon Tyler]

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On 3/5/2011 7:35 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I have a series of tarballs, each one with a different version of the
> same package.  I would like to put this package under bzr control.
> 
> I'm less clear regarding the following versions.  Just copying the
> files from the following versions into the working tree and saying
> 
>   bzr add .
>   bzr ci -m "imported version X"
> 
> seems not enough, because files could be renamed or removed, not just
> added.  Of course, examining output of "bzr status" and manually
> bzr removing/renaming files would do, but is there a better way?
> Would, e.g., bzr-automv help?

For 'bzr mv --auto' to help, you'd have to remove the contents of the
working tree so that the files which do not exist or have been renamed
in the next version tarball are actually removed.

Ciao,
Gordon
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