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README for Bazaar DEVELOPMENT VERSION
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Bazaar is a decentralized revision control system, designed to be easy
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for developers and end users alike.
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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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for ready-to-install packages, or http://bazaar-vcs.org/DistroDownloads.
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To learn how to use Bazaar, check the documentation in the doc/ directory.
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Once installed, you can also run 'bzr help'. An always up-to-date and more
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complete set of documents can be found in the Bazaar website, at:
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http://bazaar-vcs.org/Documentation
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Bazaar is written in Python, and is sponsored by Canonical Limited, the
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founders of Ubuntu and Launchpad. Bazaar is Free Software, and is released
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under the GNU General Public License.
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Bazaar was formerly known as Bazaar-NG, and some documentation still uses
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that old name. Also, since the Bazaar binary is called "bzr", many times this
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shorter name is used instead (like Subversion/svn and Mercurial/hg).
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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. Bazaar is part of the GNU project to
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develop a complete free operating system <http://www.gnu.org/>, and a project
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of Canonical <http://www.canonical.com/>.
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Ready-to-install packages are available for most popular operating systems from
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<http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/Download/> or you can install from source by
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following the instructions in the INSTALL file.
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To learn how to use Bazaar, see the official documentation in the `doc`
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directory or at <http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/en/>.
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For additional training materials including screencasts and slides,
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visit our community wiki documentation page at:
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http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/Documentation/
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Bazaar is Free Software, and is released under the GNU General Public License,
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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 lern 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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channel. Check http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrSupport for details.
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Bazaar directly supports both central version control (like cvs/svn) and
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distributed version control (like git/hg). Developers can organize their
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workspace in whichever way they want on a per project basis including:
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* checkouts (like svn)
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* feature branches (like hg)
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* shared working tree (like git).
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It also directly supports and encourages a large number of development best
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practices like refactoring and pre-commit regression testing. Users can
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choose between our command line tool and our cross-platform GUI application.
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For further details, see our website at http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/
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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.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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Our mission is to make a version control tool that developers LOVE to use
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and that casual contributors feel confident with. Please let us know how