[rfc] bzr-colo into core

[John Arbash Meinel]

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On 3/22/2011 3:26 PM, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> John Arbash Meinel пишет:
>> On 3/22/2011 2:08 PM, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>>> Gordon Tyler пишет:
>>>> On 3/22/2011 2:14 AM, Nicholas Allen wrote:
>>>>> There's also something elegant about the simplicity of 1 directory = 1
>>>>> branch that I think gets lost like this. It's always clear to me which
>>>>> branch I'm working on when they are in separate directories.
>>>> I have noticed this myself. I often have to use `bzr info' to remind
>>>> myself which branch I'm working on. And there, it's mixed in with a
>>>> bunch of other cruft that makes it a little hard to spot -- you have to
>>>> mentally parse a URL. If this bzr-colo thing goes through, it would be
>>>> nice to make this easier/nicer. Perhaps add a line to the beginning of
>>>> the `bzr status` output that says which branch you're on.
>>>>
>>>> Ciao,
>>>> Gordon
>>> The recommended way for colo is: `bzr colo-branches`. Have you tried it?
>>>
>>
>> 'bzr nick' just gives you the branch nickname. Which can be set to
>> something different, but defaults to the basename of the branch.
>>
>> John
>> =:->
> 
> Yes, it can help in the simple cases (i.e. most of the time). But it
> does not help you when you create colo branches in subdirectories (that
> mode is supported actually).
> 
> C:\work\Bazaar\plugins\qbzr>bzr colo-branches
>   0.18
>   0.19
>   0.20
>   experimental/nopygments
>   experimental/post-commit
>   experimental/post-commit/gary
>   review/qdiff
> * trunk

You didn't show the output of "bzr nick".

If colo is using lightweight checkouts to point to the branches, you'll
get "nopygments" and "post-commit" I suppose, rather than
"experimental/post-commit".

Most interesting for me is to see someone actually using nested
branching, which is something I pushed for in the model for a long time,
but haven't seen anyone else really advocate.

John
=:->

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