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adding the following lines. Please note that ``[DEFAULT]`` is case
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email=Your Name <email@isp.com>
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#. Overriding the two previous options by setting the global environment
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variable ``$BZR_EMAIL`` or ``$EMAIL`` (``$BZR_EMAIL`` will take
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precedence) to your full email address.
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.. [1] On Windows, the users configuration files can be found in the
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application data directory. So instead of ``~/.bazaar/branch.conf``
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If you add the wrong file, simply use **bzr remove** to make it
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unversioned again. This does not delete the working copy in this case,
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though it may in others [2]_.
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All history is stored in a branch, which is just an on-disk directory
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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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you want to (see the **bzr init-repo** command). You may wish to do this
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you want to (see the ``bzr init-repo`` command). You may wish to do this
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if you have very large branches, or many branches of a moderately sized
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old and new files. The --prefix option can be used to provide such a prefix.
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for old and new files. The ``--prefix`` option can be used to provide
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command ``patch -p1``.
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The **commit** command takes a message describing the changes in the
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revision. It also records your userid, the current time and timezone, and
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the inventory and contents of the tree. The commit message is specified
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by the ''-m'' or ''--message'' option. You can enter a multi-line commit
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people like to make notes for a commit message while they work, then
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review the diff to make sure they did what they said they did. (This file
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editor for you to enter a message. The editor to run is controlled by
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your ``$VISUAL`` or ``$EDITOR`` environment variable, which can be overridden
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override either of the above mentioned editor options. If you quit the
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editor without making any changes, the commit will be cancelled.
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If you've made some changes and don't want to keep them, use the
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**revert** command to go back to the previous head version. It's a good
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idea to use **bzr diff** first to see what will be removed. By default the
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idea to use ``bzr diff`` first to see what will be removed. By default the
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revert command reverts the whole tree; if file or directory names are
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given then only those ones will be affected. **revert** also clears the
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given then only those ones will be affected. ``bzr revert`` also clears the
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list of pending merges revisions.
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such as editor backups, object or bytecode files, and built programs. You
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can simply not add them, but then they'll always crop up as unknown files.
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called ''.bzrignore'' at the top of the tree.
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called ``.bzrignore`` at the top of the tree.
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This file contains a list of file wildcards (or "globs"), one per line.
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top of the tree; otherwise it is matched against only the filename. So
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the previous example ignores files with extension ``.o`` in all
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subdirectories, but this example ignores only ``config.h`` at the top level
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--forward** command does the same in chronological order to get most
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--forward`` command does the same in chronological order to get most
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recent revisions printed at last.
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directory. This is a bit different to CVS, which requires that you also
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**bzr remove** makes the file un-versioned, but may or may not delete
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the working copy [2]_. This is useful when you add the wrong file,
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If two branches have diverged (both have unique changes) then **bzr
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merge** is the appropriate command to use. Merge will automatically
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merge`` is the appropriate command to use. Merge will automatically
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are not in your branch and attempt to apply them in your branch.
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``--create-prefix`` option is used.)
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with a regular merge. The changes will remain in OLDDIR, but you can use **bzr
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The more different they are, the greater the chance of conflicts.