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Bazaar (``bzr``) is a decentralized revision control system, designed to be
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easy for developers and end users alike.
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easy for developers and end users alike. Bazaar is part of the GNU project to
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develop a complete free operating system.
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To install Bazaar from source, follow the instructions in the INSTALL
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file. Otherwise, you may want to check your distribution package manager
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* Easy to use and intuitive.
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Only five commands are needed to do all basic operations, and all
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commands have documentation accessible via 'bzr help command'.
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Bazaar's interface is also easy to learn for CVS and Subversion users.
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* Robust and reliable.
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Bazaar is developed under an extensive test suite. Branches can be
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checked and verified for integrity at any time, and revisions can be
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signed with PGP/GnuPG.
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* Publish branches with HTTP.
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Branches can be hosted on an HTTP server with no need for special
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software on the server side. Branches can be uploaded by bzr itself
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over SSH (SFTP), or with rsync.
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* Adapts to multiple environments.
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Bazaar runs on Linux and Windows, fully supports Unicode filenames,
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and suits different development models, including centralized.
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* Easily extended and customized.
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A rich Python interface is provided for extending and embedding,
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including a plugin interface. There are already many available plugins,
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most of them registered at http://bazaar-vcs.org/PluginRegistry.
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Changes will never be merged more than once, conflicts will be
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minimized, and identical changes are dealt with well.
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* Vibrant and active community.
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Help with Bazaar is obtained easily, via the mailing list, or the IRC
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* Easy to use and intuitive.
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Only five commands are needed to do all basic operations, and all
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commands have documentation accessible via 'bzr help command'.
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Bazaar's interface is also easy to learn for CVS and Subversion users.
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* Robust and reliable.
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Bazaar is developed under an extensive test suite. Branches can be
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checked and verified for integrity at any time, and revisions can be
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signed with PGP/GnuPG.
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* Publish branches with HTTP.
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Branches can be hosted on an HTTP server with no need for special
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software on the server side. Branches can be uploaded by bzr itself
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over SSH (SFTP), or with rsync.
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* Adapts to multiple environments.
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Bazaar runs on Linux and Windows, fully supports Unicode filenames,
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and suits different development models, including centralized.
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* Easily extended and customized.
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A rich Python interface is provided for extending and embedding,
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including a plugin interface. There are already many available plugins,
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most of them registered at http://bazaar-vcs.org/PluginRegistry.
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Changes will never be merged more than once, conflicts will be
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minimized, and identical changes are dealt with well.
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* Vibrant and active community.
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Help with Bazaar is obtained easily, via the mailing list, or the IRC
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Registration and Feedback
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If you encounter any problems with Bazaar, need help understanding it, or would
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like to offer suggestions or feedback, please get in touch with us:
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* Ask a question through our web support interface, at
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https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/
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* Report bugs at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
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* Write to us at bazaar@lists.canonical.com
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You can join the list at <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/bazaar>.
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You don't need to subscribe to post, but your first post will be held
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briefly for manual moderation.
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* Talk to us in irc://irc.ubuntu.com/bzr
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* And see http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrSupport for more.
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* Ask a question through our web support interface, at
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https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/
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* Report bugs at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
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* Write to us at bazaar@lists.canonical.com
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You can join the list at <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/bazaar>.
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You don't need to subscribe to post, but your first post will be held
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briefly for manual moderation.
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* Talk to us in irc://irc.ubuntu.com/bzr
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* And see http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrSupport for more.
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If you would like to help us improve Bazaar by telling us about yourself and
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what we could do better, please register and complete the online survey here: