pull/init from bzr merge directive

[Bastian B]

Hi Brian,

I don't want to create a merge directive. I want to store a whole
repository (or at least a whole branch) with all its revisions in a
single file. I also want to be able to restore the complete repo (or
at least the branch) from that file.

I thought I could use a merge directive with all revisions (-r 0..)
but that doesn't seem to work.

Any other ideas?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Brian de Alwis <briandealwis at gmail.com> wrote:
> To create the merge directive:
>
> # bzr send requires a submit branch to provide info on what is known on the other side
> # i.e., to decide what commits need to be in the merge directive.  We want everything,
> # so we specify an empty branch.  Is there no location-alias for an empty branch?
> $ bzr init /tmp/empty
> $ bzr send --no-patch -o /tmp/backup.bundle /tmp/empty
>
> To restore the merge directive:
> $ cd new/root
> $ bzr init
> $ bzr pull /tmp/backup.bundle
>
> Brian.