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control work. This can be a bit of a problem if your server on some other
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the client. In Bazaar's case, the branch is kept in the same place as
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the client. In Bazaar-NG's case, the branch is kept in the same place as
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the code that is being version controlled. This allows the user to save
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his changes (**commit**) whenever he wants -- even if he is offline. The
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user only needs internet access when he wants to access the changes in
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the changes for a directory such as file and subdirectory changes.
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a **revision** of the directory tree whenever the user asks.
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storage and performing undo. For example, with Bazaar a developer can
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related branch -- even if those changes exist in a branch owned by
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somebody else. This allows developers to cooperate without giving
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storage and performing undo. For example, with Bazaar-NG developer can
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Bazaar remembers the ''ancestry'' of a revision: the previous revisions
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that it is based upon. A single revision may have more than one direct
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descendant, each with different changes, representing a divergence in the
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evolution of the tree. By branching, Bazaar allows multiple people to
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evolution of the tree. By branching, Bazaar-NG allows multiple people to
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cooperate on the evolution of a project, without all needing to work in
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strict lock-step. Branching can be useful even for a single developer.
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Introducing yourself to Bazaar
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Introducing yourself to Bazaar-NG
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Bazaar installs a single new command, **bzr**. Everything else is a
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subcommand of this. You can get some help with ``bzr help``. Some arguments
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Bazaar-NG installs a single new command, **bzr**. Everything else is a
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what. In a decentralized system, that requires an identifier for each
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email address. Bzr is smart enough to automatically generate an email
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address by looking up your username and hostname. If you don't like the
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containing control files. By default there is no separate repository or
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database as used in svn or svk. You can choose to create a repository if
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directory. One can push a branch (or the changes for a branch) by one of
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