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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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storage and performing undo. For example, with Bazaar developer can
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subcommand of this. You can get some help with ``bzr help``. Some arguments
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subcommand of this. You can get some help with `bzr help`. There will be
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what. In a decentralized system, that requires an identifier for each
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guess that Bazaar makes, then three options exist:
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such as editor backups, object or bytecode files, and built programs. You
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