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This is actually how `Launchpad`_ allows you to ``bzr checkout https://launchpad.net/bzr``.
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Effectively a ``BranchReference`` is a symlink, but it allows you to reference any other URL.
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.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net
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Sorted by date/release/etc (``2006-06/``, ``2006-07/``, ``0.8/``, ``0.9``)
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Another method of allowing some scalability while also allowing the
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that actively developed branches will be "new" branches, and older branches
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are either merged or abandoned.