5
5
Bazaar (``bzr``) is a decentralized revision control system, designed to be
6
easy for developers and end users alike. Bazaar is part of the GNU project
7
to develop a complete free operating system.
9
To install Bazaar, follow the instructions given at
10
http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download. Ready-to-install packages are available
11
for most popular operating systems or you can install from source.
13
To learn how to use Bazaar, see the official documentation at:
15
http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/en/
17
For additional training materials including screencasts and slides,
18
visit our community wiki documentation page at:
20
http://bazaar-vcs.org/Documentation/
6
easy for developers and end users alike. Bazaar is part of the GNU project to
7
develop a complete free operating system.
9
To install Bazaar from source, follow the instructions in the INSTALL
10
file. Otherwise, you may want to check your distribution package manager
11
for ready-to-install packages, or http://bazaar-vcs.org/DistroDownloads.
13
To learn how to use Bazaar, check the documentation in the doc/ directory.
14
Once installed, you can also run 'bzr help'. An always up-to-date and more
15
complete set of documents can be found in the Bazaar website, at:
17
http://bazaar-vcs.org/Documentation
22
19
Bazaar is written in Python, and is sponsored by Canonical Limited, the
23
20
founders of Ubuntu and Launchpad. Bazaar is Free Software, and is released
24
21
under the GNU General Public License.
23
Bazaar was formerly known as Bazaar-NG. It's the successor to ``baz``, a fork
24
of GNU arch, but shares no code. (To upgrade from Baz, use the ``baz-import``
25
command in the bzrtools plugin.)
29
Bazaar directly supports both central version control (like cvs/svn) and
30
distributed version control (like git/hg). Developers can organize their
31
workspace in whichever way they want on a per project basis including:
33
* checkouts (like svn)
34
* feature branches (like hg)
35
* shared working tree (like git).
37
It also directly supports and encourages a large number of development best
38
practices like refactoring and pre-commit regression testing. Users can
39
choose between our command line tool and our cross-platform GUI application.
40
For further details, see our website at http://bazaar-vcs.org/en.
30
* Easy to use and intuitive.
32
Only five commands are needed to do all basic operations, and all
33
commands have documentation accessible via 'bzr help command'.
34
Bazaar's interface is also easy to learn for CVS and Subversion users.
36
* Robust and reliable.
38
Bazaar is developed under an extensive test suite. Branches can be
39
checked and verified for integrity at any time, and revisions can be
40
signed with PGP/GnuPG.
42
* Publish branches with HTTP.
44
Branches can be hosted on an HTTP server with no need for special
45
software on the server side. Branches can be uploaded by bzr itself
46
over SSH (SFTP), or with rsync.
48
* Adapts to multiple environments.
50
Bazaar runs on Linux and Windows, fully supports Unicode filenames,
51
and suits different development models, including centralized.
53
* Easily extended and customized.
55
A rich Python interface is provided for extending and embedding,
56
including a plugin interface. There are already many available plugins,
57
most of them registered at http://bazaar-vcs.org/PluginRegistry.
61
Changes will never be merged more than once, conflicts will be
62
minimized, and identical changes are dealt with well.
64
* Vibrant and active community.
66
Help with Bazaar is obtained easily, via the mailing list, or the IRC
70
Registration and Feedback
71
=========================
45
73
If you encounter any problems with Bazaar, need help understanding it, or would
46
74
like to offer suggestions or feedback, please get in touch with us:
added
removed
README
