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README for Bazaar DEVELOPMENT VERSION |
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1904.3.1
by Adeodato Simó
Revamp README file for Bazaar 0.9. |
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Bazaar is a decentralized revision control system, designed to be easy |
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for developers and end users alike. |
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To install Bazaar from source, follow the instructions in the INSTALL |
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file. Otherwise, you may want to check your distribution package manager |
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for ready-to-install packages, or http://bazaar-vcs.org/DistroDownloads. |
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To learn how to use Bazaar, check the documentation in the doc/ directory. |
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Once installed, you can also run 'bzr help'. An always up-to-date and more |
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complete set of documents can be found in the Bazaar website, at: |
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http://bazaar-vcs.org/Documentation |
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Bazaar is written in Python, and is sponsored by Canonical Limited, the |
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founders of Ubuntu and Launchpad. Bazaar is Free Software, and is released |
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under the GNU General Public License. |
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Bazaar was formerly known as Bazaar-NG, and some documentation still uses |
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that old name. Also, since the Bazaar binary is called "bzr", many times this |
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shorter name is used instead (like Subversion/svn and Mercurial/hg). |
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Bazaar highlights |
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* Easy to use and intuitive. |
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Only five commands are needed to do all basic operations, and all |
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commands have documentation accessible via 'bzr help command'. |
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Bazaar's interface is also easy to lern for CVS and Subversion users. |
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* Robust and reliable. |
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Bazaar is developed under an extensive test suite. Branches can be |
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checked and verified for integrity at any time, and revisions can be |
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signed with PGP/GnuPG. |
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* Publish branches with HTTP. |
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Branches can be hosted on an HTTP server with no need for special |
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software on the server side. Branches can be uploaded by bzr itself |
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over SSH (SFTP), or with rsync. |
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* Adapts to multiple environments. |
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Bazaar runs on Linux and Windows, fully supports Unicode filenames, |
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and suits different development models, including centralized. |
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* Easily extended and customized. |
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A rich Python interface is provided for extending and embedding, |
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including a plugin interface. There are already many available plugins, |
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most of them registered at http://bazaar-vcs.org/PluginRegistry. |
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* Smart merging. |
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Changes will never be merged more than once, conflicts will be |
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minimized, and identical changes are dealt with well. |
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* Vibrant and active community. |
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Help with Bazaar is obtained easily, via the mailing list, or the IRC |
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channel. Check http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrSupport for details. |