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Optional explicit edit command |
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The default is for each branch to have an editable working copy, which |
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can be modified and committed. However, in some cases (following RCS |
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and BK) people might prefer to have either a read-only working copy, |
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or none at all. |
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Reasons: |
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- Branches which are never edited don't need it; removing it saves |
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some time and space. In particular this applies to branches on a |
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server which are meant to be branched from or committed too, not |
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edited. |
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- Files for which there is no working copy or a read-only copy are |
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known not to be edited, and this can make some operations such as |
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diffing a bit simpler. |
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Since this is mostly an optimization and requires user knowledge it |
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perhaps should not be added. Certainly not yet. |
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Sketch:: |
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$ bzr get --no-wc SOURCE TARGET |
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$ bzr edit --remove |
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$ bzr edit --read-only . |
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$ bzr edit --write foo.c |
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