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variable ``$BZR_EMAIL`` or ``$EMAIL`` (``$BZR_EMAIL`` will take
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.. [1] On Windows, the users configuration files can be found in the
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application data directory. So instead of ``~/.bazaar/branch.conf``
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If you add the wrong file, simply use **bzr remove** to make it
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unversioned again. This does not delete the working copy.
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versioned, but has no changes from the last committed version. You
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``bzr remove``, or force it to always be deleted with ``--force``.
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containing control files. By default there is no separate repository or
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database as used in svn or svk. You can choose to create a repository if
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you want to (see the **bzr init-repo** command). You may wish to do this
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you want to (see the ``bzr init-repo`` command). You may wish to do this
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''patch'', ''diffstat'', ''filterdiff'' and ''colordiff''::
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revision. It also records your userid, the current time and timezone, and
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the inventory and contents of the tree. The commit message is specified
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your ``$VISUAL`` or ``$EDITOR`` environment variable, which can be overridden
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**revert** command to go back to the previous head version. It's a good
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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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such as editor backups, object or bytecode files, and built programs. You
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called ``.bzrignore`` at the top of the tree.
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--forward`` command does the same in chronological order to get most
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**bzr remove** makes the file un-versioned, but does not delete
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the working copy [2]_. This is useful when you add the wrong file,
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change to an existing project. You can get a copy of an existing branch
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operations on it locally: log, annotate, making and merging branches.
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merge`` is the appropriate command to use. Merge will automatically
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directory. One can push a branch (or the changes for a branch) by one of
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with a regular merge. The changes will remain in OLDDIR, but you can use **bzr
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