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While most configuration is handled by configuration files, some options
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which may be semi-permanent can also be controlled through the environment.
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Override the email id used by Bazaar. Typical format::
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"John Doe <jdoe@example.com>"
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See also the ``email`` configuration value.
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Override the progress display. Possible values are "none", "dots", "tty"
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Control whether SIGQUIT behaves normally or invokes a breakin debugger.
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* 0 = Standard SIGQUIT behavior (normally, exit with a core dump)
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* 1 = Invoke breakin debugger (default)
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Override the home directory used by Bazaar.
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Select a different SSH implementation.
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Control whether to launch a debugger on error.
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* 0 = Standard behavior
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Path to the Bazaar executable to use when using the bzr+ssh protocol.
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See also the ``bzr_remote_path`` configuration value.
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Path to the editor Bazaar should use for commit messages, etc.
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The path to the plugins directory that Bazaar should use.
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The path where Bazaar should look for shell plugin external commands.
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Configuration files are located in ``$HOME/.bazaar`` on Linux/Unix and
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``C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Bazaar\2.0`` on
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Windows. (You can check the location for your system by using
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There are three primary configuration files in this location:
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* ``bazaar.conf`` describes default configuration options,
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* ``locations.conf`` describes configuration information for
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specific branch locations,
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* ``authentication.conf`` describes credential information for
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Each branch can also contain a configuration file that sets values specific
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to that branch. This file is found at ``.bzr/branch/branch.conf`` within the
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branch. This file is visible to all users of a branch, if you wish to override
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one of the values for a branch with a setting that is specific to you then you
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can do so in ``locations.conf``.
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An ini file has three types of contructs: section headers, section
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variables and comments.
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A comment is any line that starts with a "#" (sometimes called a "hash
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mark", "pound sign" or "number sign"). Comment lines are ignored by
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Bazaar when parsing ini files.
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A section header is a word enclosed in brackets that starts at the begining
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of a line. A typical section header looks like this::
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The only valid section headers for bazaar.conf currently are [DEFAULT] and
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[ALIASES]. Section headers are case sensitive. The default section provides for
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setting variables which can be overridden with the branch config file.
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For ``locations.conf``, the variables from the section with the
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longest matching section header are used to the exclusion of other
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potentially valid section headers. A section header uses the path for
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the branch as the section header. Some examples include::
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[http://mybranches.isp.com/~jdoe/branchdir]
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[/home/jdoe/branches/]
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A section variable resides within a section. A section variable contains a
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variable name, an equals sign and a value. For example::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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check_signatures = require
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Variables defined in a section affect the named directory or URL plus
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any locations they contain. Policies can be used to change how a
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variable value is interpreted for contained locations. Currently
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there are three policies available:
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the value is interpreted the same for contained locations. This is
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the default behaviour.
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the value is only used for the exact location specified by the
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for contained locations, any additional path components are
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appended to the value.
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Policies are specified by keys with names of the form "$var:policy".
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For example, to define the push location for a tree of branches, the
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following could be used::
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push_location = sftp://example.com/location
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push_location:policy = appendpath
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With this configuration, the push location for ``/top/location/branch1``
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would be ``sftp://example.com/location/branch1``.
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The main configuration file, bazaar.conf
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``bazaar.conf`` allows two sections: ``[DEFAULT]`` and ``[ALIASES]``.
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The default section contains the default
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configuration options for all branches. The default section can be
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overriden by providing a branch-specific section in ``locations.conf``.
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A typical ``bazaar.conf`` section often looks like the following::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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editor = /usr/bin/vim
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check_signatures = check-available
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create_signatures = when-required
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The branch location configuration file, locations.conf
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``locations.conf`` allows one to specify overriding settings for
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a specific branch. The format is almost identical to the default section in
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bazaar.conf with one significant change: The section header, instead of saying
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default, will be the path to a branch that you wish to override a value
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for. The '?' and '*' wildcards are supported::
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[/home/jdoe/branches/nethack]
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email = Nethack Admin <nethack@nethack.com>
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[http://hypothetical.site.com/branches/devel-branch]
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create_signatures = always
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check_signatures = always
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[http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/*]
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check_signatures = require
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The authentication configuration file, authentication.conf
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``authentication.conf`` allows one to specify credentials for
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remote servers. This can be used for all the supported transports and any part
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of bzr that requires authentication (smtp for example).
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The syntax of the file obeys the same rules as the others except for the
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variable policies which don't apply.
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For more information on the possible uses of the authentication configuration
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file see `Authentication Settings`_.
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Common variable options
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The email address to use when committing a branch. Typically takes the form
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email = Full Name <account@hostname.tld>
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The path of the editor that you wish to use if *bzr commit* is run without
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a commit message. This setting is trumped by the environment variable
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``BZR_EDITOR``, and overrides the ``VISUAL`` and ``EDITOR`` environment
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The default log format to use. Standard log formats are ``long``, ``short``
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and ``line``. Additional formats may be provided by plugins. The default
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Defines the behavior for signatures.
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The gnupg signature for revisions must be present and must be valid.
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Do not check gnupg signatures of revisions.
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(default) If gnupg signatures for revisions are present, check them.
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Bazaar will fail if it finds a bad signature, but will not fail if
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no signature is present.
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Defines the behaviour of signing revisions.
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Sign every new revision that is committed.
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(default) Sign newly committed revisions only when the branch requires
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Refuse to sign newly committed revisions, even if the branch
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Only useful in ``locations.conf``. Defines whether or not the
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configuration for this section applies to subdirectories:
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(default) This section applies to subdirectories as well.
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This section only applies to the branch at this directory and not
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(Default: "gpg"). Which program should be used to sign and check revisions.
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gpg_signing_command = /usr/bin/gnpg
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(Default: "bzr"). The path to the command that should be used to run the smart
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server for bzr. This value may only be specified in locations.conf, because:
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- it's needed before branch.conf is accessible
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- allowing remote branch.conf files to specify commands would be a security
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It is overridden by the BZR_REMOTE_PATH environment variable.
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(Default: "localhost"). SMTP server to use when Bazaar needs to send
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email, eg. with ``merge-directive --mail-to``, or the bzr-email plugin.
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smtp_username, smtp_password
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User and password to authenticate to the SMTP server. If smtp_username
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is set, and smtp_password is not, Bazaar will prompt for a password.
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These settings are only needed if the SMTP server requires authentication
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A mail client to use for sending merge requests.
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By default, bzr will try to use ``mapi`` on Windows. On other platforms, it
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will try ``xdg-email``. If either of these fails, it will fall back to
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Supported values for specific clients:
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:claws: Use Claws. This skips a dialog for attaching files.
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:evolution: Use Evolution.
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:thunderbird: Use Mozilla Thunderbird or Icedove. For Thunderbird/Icedove 1.5,
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this works around some bugs that xdg-email doesn't handle.
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Supported generic values are:
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:editor: Use your editor to compose the merge request. This also uses
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your commit id, (see ``bzr whoami``), smtp_server and (optionally)
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smtp_username and smtp_password.
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:mapi: Use your preferred e-mail client on Windows.
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:xdg-email: Use xdg-email to run your preferred mail program
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The branch you intend to submit your current work to. This is automatically
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set by ``bzr send``, and is also used by the ``submit:`` revision spec. This
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should usually be set on a per-branch or per-location basis.
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A publically-accessible version of this branch (implying that this version is
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not publically-accessible). Used (and set) by ``bzr send``.
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Branch type specific options
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These options apply only to branches that use the ``dirstate-tags`` or
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are usually set in ``.bzr/branch/branch.conf`` automatically, but may be
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manually set in ``locations.conf`` or ``bazaar.conf``.
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append_revisions_only
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If set to "True" then revisions can only be appended to the log, not
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removed. A branch with this setting enabled can only pull from
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another branch if the other branch's log is a longer version of its
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own. This is normally set by ``bzr init --append-revisions-only``.
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If present, the location of the default branch for pull or merge.
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This option is normally set by ``pull --remember`` or ``merge
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If present, the location of the default branch for push. This option
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is normally set by ``push --remember``.
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The location that commits should go to when acting as a checkout.
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This option is normally set by ``bind``.
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If set to "True", the branch should act as a checkout, and push each commit to
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the bound_location. This option is normally set by ``bind``/``unbind``.
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