behaviour with manual directory copies?

[ceti_331]

Q1:Lets say a user just copies & renames a directory containing a BZR
branch/repo..
then starts working in it, committing etc,
then tries to use bzr commands (push , pull , merge) to move data to & from
other branches/repos (or vica versa)

Is there any defined behaviour?

I've just done a quick experiment and it sort of works so far (i.e. its
showing up commits in the log as coming from the renamed location).
But is this going to break with say shared repositories etc.

Q2:-
lets say you're doing single-user workflow using USB sticks (no network) to
copy backups around, and you do the same thing.. (i.e. just copy the
branch/repo directory to the stick, then copy it on your other machine).
Is this going to confuse it too.. or are you safely copying a workable
history around this way.

are these going to just work, or will the system start spitting out error
messages figuring out things are changing without you telling it properly..

I'm asking because I want to know how this will behave if I give it to
artists who may not be used to such a DVCS/branching system

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