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(jam) Prefer to create content from the repo than from another
working tree. (bug #607298)

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Improvements

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* When building new working trees, default to reading from the repository

rather than the source tree unless explicitly requested. (via

``--files-from`` and ``--hardlink`` for ``bzr branch`` and

``bzr checkout``. Generally, 2a format repositories extract

content faster than seeking and reading content from another tree,

especially in cold-cache situations. (John Arbash Meinel, #607298)

Documentation

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