"bzr git-import" and multiple branches

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 03:42:16PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:34:28 +0200
> > From: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org>
> > Cc: bazaar at lists.canonical.com
> > 
> > Specifying --force should fix it
> Thanks, that works.  Although, I wonder why does it even require
> the --force switch, as the 'switch' command is a natural thing in
> co-located branches, isn't it?  And the branches will always be
> divergent, I think.  So I think this shouldn't trigger an error in
> a co-located branch.
When switching between colocated branches, I agree.

However, if the current branch is not a branch reference then
switching away can mean you lose references to the current branches'
tip.

> > though we should obviously also fix the error message.
> Yes, please.  Better yet, don't error out at all in this case.
> 
> Also, the final message is confusing:
> 
>   Switched to branch: D:/gnu/bzr/gawk-branches/
> 
> It doesn't mention the name of the branch, which is what the user
> would be looking for.
It's on the todo list for colocated branches. We're happy to provide
some pointers if you feel like hacking on this.

Cheers,

Jelmer