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Re: Making the tarball with bzr data
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Making the tarball with bzr data |
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:50:44 -0500 |
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> Why do I have to copy the files?
Because the files are but a small part of the data that Bzr will want.
> Why can't this setup be done with the already existing files?
It can, but then you need to know which Bzr revision corresponds to the
files you have.
> Now I believed that since bzr is a new modern system it would of
> course have thought of that kind of situation. I am a bad manual
> reader so I had probably just not understod how to do it... - it is of
> course possible to update the files using only bzr. That was my
> believe.
That is the case if your zip file is a zip of the checkout Bzr tree
(probably a lightweight checkout so it isn't bloated by a complete copy
of the whole history), in which case it'll include a .bzr directory with
the necessary metadata.
Stefan