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.. New commands, options, etc that users may wish to try out.
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* A ``from_unicode`` parameter can be specified when registering a config
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option. This implements boolean and integer config options when the
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provided ``bool_from_store`` and ``int_from_store`` are used.
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.. Improvements to existing commands, especially improved performance
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or memory usage, or better results.
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* The names of colocated branches are used as branch nicks if no nick is
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specified. (Aaron Bentley)
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.. Fixes for situations where bzr would previously crash or give incorrect
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or undesirable results.
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* Disable ssl certificate verification on osx and windows until a native
40
access to the the root certificates is provided there.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #929179)
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.. Improved or updated documentation.
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.. Changes that may require updates in plugins or other code that uses
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.. Major internal changes, unlikely to be visible to users or plugin
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developers, but interesting for bzr developers.
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.. Fixes and changes that are only relevant to bzr's test framework and
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suite. This can include new facilities for writing tests, fixes to
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spurious test failures and changes to the way things should be tested.
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* Stop depending on the particular CPython ordering of dictionary keys
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when testing the result of BzrDir.get_branches.
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This is the sixth (and last (really)) beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a
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2.5.0 release in March 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use
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but may cause some incompatibilities with plugins.
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This introduces the support for colocated branches into the '2a' format in a
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backward compatible way, fix more glitches in the colocated UI, verify https
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certificates for the urllib https client implementation, fix some more
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unicode issues and more.
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All bugs fixed in previous series known at the time of this release are
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External Compatibility Breaks
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* Support for colocated branches is now available in the default
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format ("2a"). (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``bzr switch -b`` in a standalone tree will now create a colocated branch.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #918197)
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* ``bzr info`` now reports when there are present (but unused) colocated
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branches. (Jelmer Vernooij, #891646)
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* Checkouts can now be into target directories that already have
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a control directory (but no branch or working tree).
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #913980)
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* Colocated branches can now have names including forward slashes, to
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allow for namespaces. (Jelmer Vernooij, #907980)
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* New HPSS call for ``BzrDir.get_branches``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894460)
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* Checkouts of colocated branches are now always lightweight.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #918828)
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* ``bzr branch`` now fetches revisions when branching into an empty
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control directory. (Jelmer Vernooij, #905594)
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* A sane default is provided for ``ssl.ca_certs`` which should points to the
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Certificate Authority bundle for supported platforms.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #920455)
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* ``bzr branch`` generates correct target branch locations again if not
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specified. (Jelmer Vernooij, #919218)
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* ``bzr send`` works on treeless branches again.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #921591)
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* ``bzr version`` no longer throws a UnicodeDecodeError if the .bzr.log path
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contains non-ascii characters. (Martin Packman, #312841)
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* Support scripts that don't call bzrlib.initialize() but still call run_bzr().
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #917733)
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* Test for equality instead of object identity where ROOT_PARENT is concerned.
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(Wouter van Heyst, #881142)
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* urllib-based HTTPS client connections now verify the server certificate
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validity as well as the hostname.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, Vincent Ladeuil, #651161)
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* ``config.config_dir`` and related functions now always return paths as
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unicode. (Martin Packman, #825826)
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* ``ControlDir`` now has a new method ``set_branch_reference`` which can
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be used for setting branch references. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``ControlDir.destroy_branch`` now raises ``NotBranchError`` rather than
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``NoSuchFile`` if the branch didn't exist. (Jelmer Vernooij, #921693)
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* A new matcher ``RevisionHistoryMatches`` has been added. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Add new module ``bzrlib.url_policy_open``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #850843)
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* ``MutableTree`` has two new hooks ``pre_transform`` and
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``post_transform`` that are called for tree transform operations.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #912084)
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* Be more careful about closing open files for pypy interoperability.
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This is the fifth (and last) beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a 2.5.0
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release in February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but
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may cause some incompatibilities with plugins.
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This release includes many improvements in the smart server, UI polish for
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the colocated branches, enhancements to the config framework and more
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internal uses, bug fixes related to unicode and locale support and more.
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All bug fixed in previous series known at the time of this release are
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External Compatibility Breaks
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*****************************
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* The '.bzr/branch/email' file is no longer read to determine the users'
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identity. Instead, the 'email' setting in '.bzr/branch/branch.conf'
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should be used. (Jelmer Vernooij, #903894)
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* "bzr mkdir" now includes -p (--parents) option for recursively adding
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(Jared Hance, Jelmer Vernooij, #253529)
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* ``config.Option`` can now declare ``override_from_env``, a list of
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environment variables which, when set, that takes precedence over values
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defined in configuration files. (Vincent Ladeuil, #907279)
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* New HPSS call for ``Repository.reconcile``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894455)
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* Merge now has two new hooks ``pre_merge`` and ``post_merge``
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that are called before and after a merge and can make
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additional modifications to the trees involved.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #906877)
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* Override the value returned by ``sys.getfilesystemencoding()`` for the bzr
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script to utf-8 when it would otherwise be ascii on a posix system. This
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will mean bzr works with non-ascii files when no locale or an incorrect
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locale is set. (Martin Packman, #794353)
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* ``bzr branches`` now indicates the active colocated branch.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #891667)
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* ``bzr push`` now suggests using :parent if there is a parent location
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set. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``bzr send`` now only opens a single connection, rather than two,
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to the target branch. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Allow configuration option default value to be a python callable at
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registration. (Vincent Ladeuil, #832064)
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* ``bzr config`` will now display the section ``[DEFAULT]`` used in
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``bazaar.conf``. (Vincent Ladeuil, #907268)
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* Configuration stores can now provides a specific quoting mechanism. This
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is required to workaround ``configobj`` conflating quoting and list values
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automatic conversion. (Vincent Ladeuil, #906897)
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* Create obsolete_packs directory when repacking if it does not
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exist. (Jonathan Riddell, Jelmer Vernooij, #314314)
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* Fallback to the slower ``bzr log`` implementation when displaying a range
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of revisions whose ancestry is not obviously on the same developement
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line. (Vincent Ladeuil, #904744)
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* Make lazy imports resilient when resolved concurrently from multiple
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threads. Now the stand-in object will behave as a proxy for the real object
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after the initial access, rather than throwing. Assigning the object to
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multiple names should still be avoided. (Martin von Gagern, #396819)
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* Not setting ``gpg_signing_key`` or setting it to ``default`` will use the
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user email (obtained from the ``email`` configuration option or its
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default value). (Vincent Ladeuil, Jelmer Vernooij, #904550)
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* Prevent spurious InconsistentDelta error when committing a move of a
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non-ascii directory with contents. (Rory Yorke, #185211)
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* Properly ignore '\n' in an option reference since this cannot be part of a
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config option identifier. (Vincent Ladeuil, #902125)
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* Make sure that the bzr probers are always registered when
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bzrlib.workingtree is imported. (Jelmer Vernooij, #905218)
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* Report mistake trying to move a removed file with a non-ascii name without
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UnicodeEncodeError being raised. (Martin Packman, #898541)
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* Safely unquote configuration values in weird edge cases (a section seen as
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a dictionary which is not a supported use case for the configuration
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stacks). (Vincent Ladeuil, #908050)
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* Stop altering ``sys.platform`` on OSX when initialising the locale.
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(Martin Packman, #570495)
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* Uncommit no longer removes tags if they are part of the working
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trees pending merges. (Jelmer Vernooij, #905462)
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* ``Config.signature_needed``, ``Config.signing_policy``,
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``Config.gpg_signing_key``, ``Config.gpg_signing_command``,
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``Config.checking_policy`` and ``Config.post_commit`` are now deprecated.
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* ``Repository.get_commit_builder`` now takes a ``config_stack``
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rather than a ``config`` argument. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Scripts using bzrlib should now ensure setlocale is called on posix
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platforms if they need a non-ascii user encoding. (Martin Packman)
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* Send formats now accept a new optional argument ``submit_branch``,
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which can be None or a Branch object for the submit branch location.
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* ``VersionedFileRepository.add_revision`` no longer takes a ``config``
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argument. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Add HPSS call for ``Branch.get_checkout_format``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894459)
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* Add HPSS call for ``Repository.pack``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894461)
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* Add HPSS calls for ``Repository.iter_files_bytes``, speeding up
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several commands including ``bzr export`` and ``bzr co --lightweight``.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #608640)
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* All bzr control directories, branch formats, repository formats and
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working tree formats now support feature flags, which are
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serialized in their respective format files. See
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``doc/developers/feature-flags.txt`` for details.
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* ``bzrlib.urlutils`` now includes ``quote`` and ``unquote`` functions,
328
rather than importing them from ``urllib``. This prevents loading
329
of the ``socket``, ``ssl`` and ``urllib`` modules for
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local bzr operations. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Configuration options can be SI units by using ``int_SI_from_unicode`` as
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their ``convert_from_unicode`` helper. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* Configuration stacks can now use ``StartingPathMatcher`` to select the
336
sections matching a location while respecting the order chosen by the user
337
in the configuration file: from generic sections to specific
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sections. (Vincent Ladeuil, #832046).
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* Configuration stores can now save incremental changes by using
341
``save_changes()`` instead of ``save()``. This reduces the number or
342
required input/outputs and allows stores to be shared between
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stacks. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* ControlDir now has a get_branches method that returns a dictionary
346
whose keys are the names of the branches and whose values are the
347
branches themselves. The active branch uses the key None.
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(Neil Martinsen-Burrell)
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* Helper ``osutils.path_from_environ`` added for extracting a unicode path
351
from an environment variable. (Martin Packman, #832028)
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* Helper ``win32utils.get_environ_unicode`` added for avoiding encoding
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problems with ``os.environ.get`` use. (Martin Packman, #262874)
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* Lazy imports can now only be absolute. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Merge3Mergers now have an optional ``other_branch`` argument
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which contains the branch from which the ``other_tree``
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was obtained, if any. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* MutableTree now has a hook ``post_build_tree`` which is called after
363
a new mutable tree has been created. (Jelmer Vernooij, #912765)
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* New HPSS call ``BzrDir.checkout_metadir``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894459)
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* New HPSS call ``VersionedFileRepository.get_inventories``,
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speeding up various commands including ``bzr export``,
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``bzr checkout`` and ``bzr cat``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #608640)
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* The ``ConfigCommandLineStore`` is now supported by ``bzr config`` and is
372
seen as single no-name section of configuration options. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* New matcher ``ContainsNoVfsCalls`` which filters a list of HPSS
378
calls for VFS requests. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* New ``MemoryStack`` class allows for diskless tests and locally injected
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configuration stacks. Lower level tests for predefined set of options can
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be written without setting up configuration files. (Vincent Ladeuil)
390
This is the fourth beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a 2.5.0 release in
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February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but may cause
392
some incompatibilities with plugins.
394
This release includes many improvements in the smart server, UI polish for
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the colocated branches, optimizations for revision specifiers to avoid
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history sized operations, enhancements to the config framework, bug fixes
397
related to unicode paths and more.
399
All bug fixed in previous series known at the time of this release are
402
External Compatibility Breaks
403
*****************************
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* Provides a ``po_merge`` plugin to automatically merge ``.po`` files with
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``msgmerge``. See ``bzr help po_merge`` for details.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #884270)
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* ``bzr branch --stacked`` now only makes a single connection to the remote
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server rather than three. (Jelmer Vernooij, #444293)
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* ``bzr export --uncommitted`` will export the uncommitted tree.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #555613)
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* ``bzr rmbranch`` can now remove colocated branches.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #831464)
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* ``bzr status`` no longer shows shelves if files are specified.
429
* ``bzr switch`` now accepts colocated branch names to switch to.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #826814)
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* Plugins can now register additional "location aliases".
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* Revision specifiers will now only browse as much history as they
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need to, rather than grabbing the whole history unnecessarily in some
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cases. (Jelmer Vernooij)
439
* When using ``bzr switch`` to switch to a sibling of the current
440
branch, the relative branch name should no longer be url-encoded.
446
* A new section local option ``basename`` is available to help support some
447
``bzr-pipeline`` workflows and more generally help mapping local paths to
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remote ones. See ``bzr help configuration`` for more details.
449
(Vincent Ladeuil, #843211)
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* Add HPSS call for looking up revision numbers from revision ids on
452
remote repositories. (Jelmer Vernooij, #640253)
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* Add HPSS call for retrieving file contents from remote repositories.
455
Should improve performance for lightweight checkouts and exports of
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from remote repositories. (Jelmer Vernooij, #368717, #762330, #608640)
458
* Allow lazy compiled patterns from ``bzrlib.lazy_regex`` to be
459
pickled. (Jelmer Vernooij, #893149)
461
* ``bzr info`` no longer shows empty output if only a control
462
directory is present. (Jelmer Vernooij, #159098)
464
* Cope with missing revision ids being specified to
465
``Repository.gather_stats`` HPSS call. (Jelmer Vernooij, #411290)
467
* Fix test failures on windows related to locations.conf handling.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #892992)
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* Fixed parsing of the timestamp given to ``commit --commit-time``. Now
471
prohibits several invalid strings, reads the correct number of seconds,
472
and gives a better error message if the time zone offset is not given.
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(Matt Giuca, #892657)
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* Give meaningful file/line references when reporting deprecation warnings
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for _CompatabilityThunkFeature based test features.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #897718)
479
* Make reporting of mistakes involving unversioned files with non-ascii
480
filenames work again without 'Unprintable exception' being shown.
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(Martin Packman, #898408)
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* Provide names for lazily registered hooks.
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(Neil Martinsen-Burrell, #894609)
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* Raise BadIndexKey exception in btree_index when a key is too large, fixing
487
an infinite recursion issue. (Shannon Weyrick, #720853)
489
* Resolve regression from colocated branch path handling, by ensuring that
490
unreserved characters are unquoted in URLs. (Martin Packman, #842223)
492
* Split segments from URLs for colocated branches without assuming the
493
combined form is valid. (Martin Packman, #842233)
495
* Support looking up revision numbers by revision id in empty branches.
496
(Jelmer Vernooij, #535031)
498
* Support verifying signatures on remote repositories.
499
(Jelmer Vernooij, #889694)
501
* Teach the bzr client how to reconnect if we get ``ConnectionReset``
502
while making an RPC request. This doesn't handle all possible network
503
disconnects, but it should at least handle when the server is asked to
504
shutdown gracefully. (John Arbash Meinel, #819604)
506
* When a remote format is unknown, bzr will now print a single-line error
507
message rather than a backtrace. (Jelmer Vernooij, #687226)
512
* ``BzrDir.open_branch`` and ``BranchFormat.open`` now take an optional
513
``possible_transports`` argument. (Jelmer Vernooij)
515
* New method ``Transport.set_segment_parameter``. (Jelmer Vernooij)
517
* ``Repository.verify_revision`` has been renamed to
518
``Repository.verify_revision_signature``. (Jelmer Vernooij)
520
* ``RevisionSpec.wants_revision_history`` now defaults to ``False`` and
521
is deprecated. The ``revs`` argument of
522
``RevisionInfo.from_revision_id`` is now deprecated. (Jelmer Vernooij)
524
* ``Tree.get_file_by_path`` is now deprecated. Use ``Tree.get_file`` instead.
525
(Jelmer Vernooij, #666897)
527
* Some global options for use with commands have been removed, construct
528
an ``Option`` with the name instead. (Martin Packman)
530
* The unused exception ``HistoryMissing`` has been removed.
536
* Add HPSS call for ``Repository.pack``. (Jelmer Vernooij, #894461)
538
* ``bzr config`` uses the new configuration implementation.
541
* Custom HPSS error handlers can now be installed in the smart server client
542
using the ``error_translators`` and ``no_context_error_translators``
543
registries. (Jelmer Vernooij)
545
* New HPSS calls ``Repository.has_signature_for_revision_id``,
546
``Repository.make_working_trees``, ``BzrDir.destroy_repository``,
547
``BzrDir.has_workingtree``, ``Repository.get_physical_lock_status``,
548
``Branch.get_physical_lock_status``,
549
``Branch.put_config_file``, ``Branch.break_lock``,
550
``BzrDir.destroy_branch``, ``Repository.break_lock``,
551
``VersionedFileRepository.get_serializer_format``,
552
``Repository.all_revision_ids``, ``Repository.start_write_group``,
553
``Repository.commit_write_group``, ``Repository.abort_write_group``
554
``Repository.check_write_group``, ``Repository.iter_revisions``,
555
``Repository.add_signature_revision_text`` and
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``Repository.get_revision_signature_text``.
559
* ``RemoteBranch.get_config_stack`` and ``RemoteBzrDir.get_config_stack``
560
will now use HPSS calls where possible. (Jelmer Vernooij)
562
* The registry of merge types has been moved to ``merge`` from ``option`` but
563
``merge.get_merge_type_registry`` remains as an accessor. (Martin Packman)
568
* Avoid failures in test_transform when OS error messages are localised.
569
(Martin Packman, #891582)
571
* Tests are now subject to a time limit: by default 300s, and 120s when
572
run from 'make check', controlled by the `selftest.timeout`
573
configuration option. This is currently not supported on Windows.
581
This is the third beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a 2.5.0 release in
582
February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but may cause
583
some incompatibilities with plugins.
585
This release includes log options for ``push`` and ``pull``, more UI polish
586
for colocated branches, a better and more coherent implementation for UI
587
dialogs, enhancements to the config framework and more.
589
This release includes all bug fixed in previous series known at the time of
592
External Compatibility Breaks
593
*****************************
600
* The ``log_format`` configuration can be used with ``-Olog_format=line`` to
601
change the format ``push`` and ``pull`` use to display the
602
revisions. I.e.: ``bzr pull -v -Olog_format=short`` will use the ``short``
603
format instead of the default ``long`` one. (Vincent Ladeuil, #861472)
605
* The new config scheme allows an alternative syntax for the 'appenpath'
606
policy relying on option expansion and defining a new 'relpath' option
607
local to a section. Instead of using '<option>:policy=appendpath', the
608
option value can de defined as 'option=xxxx/{relpath}'.
609
(Vincent Ladeuil, #832013)
614
* ``bzr info -v`` now shows the number of colocated branches
615
for control directories that support them.
616
(Jelmer Vernooij, #863285)
618
* ``bzr version-info`` now takes a ``--revision`` argument.
619
(Jelmer Vernooij, #238705)
621
* ``bzr revno`` now takes a ``--revision`` argument.
622
(Jelmer Vernooij, #870649)
624
* ``bzr serve`` now can serve from URLs rather than just from the
625
file system. I.e.: ``bzr serve -d lp:bzr`` or
626
``bzr serve -d file:///data/bzr`` (Jelmer Vernooij)
628
* all input prompts are now char-based when possible, and can be forced to
629
line-based mode by setting the ``BZR_TEXTUI_INPUT`` environment variable
630
to 'line-based'. This replace the previous shelf UI only patch using
631
``INSIDE_EMACS``. (Benoît Pierre)
636
* ``bzr info`` now shows the master branch location too for
637
treeless local branches. (Jelmer Vernooij, #258355)
639
* ``bzr mkdir --quiet`` now does not print a line for every created
640
directory. (Martin von Gagern, #869915)
642
* ``bzr mv`` does not crash when attempting to move the root of a
643
branch. (Jonathan Riddell, #809728)
645
* ``bzr shelve`` now use ``UIFactory.choose`` for input handling, making
646
it usable when creating a custom ``UIFactory`` implementation. (Benoît
649
* ``bzr clean-tree`` now use ``UIFactory.get_boolean`` for confirmation
650
prompt, making it usable when using a custom ``UIFactory``
651
implementation. (Benoît Pierre)
653
* If sending a crash through Apport fails report the Apport failure to
654
bzr.log rather than stderr. (Jonathan Riddell, #766735)
656
* ``bzr upgrade`` no longer treats 'already up-to-date' exceptions as
657
errors. (Benoît Pierre, #716560).
659
* ``bzr version-info`` no longer populates the clean state for custom
660
templates unless {clean} is explicitly asked for.
661
(Lawrence Mitchell, #882541)
663
* Fix finding the CPU count when using Python >= 2.6 on BSD-based systems.
664
(Jelmer Vernooij, #887151)
666
* ``WorkingTree.clone()`` now supports its ``revision_id`` being set
667
to the null revision. (Jelmer Vernooij, #876423)
669
* ``WorkingTree.pull`` can now pull ``NULL_REVISION``.
670
(Jelmer Vernooij, #887556)
675
* ``Branch.revision_history`` is now deprecated. (Jelmer Vernooij, #799519)
677
* Methods ``add`` and ``items`` of ``LRUCache`` and ``LRUSizeCache`` are
678
deprecated. Use normal dict-style access instead. (Martin Packman)
680
* New flag ``RepositoryFormat.supports_unreferenced_revisions`` which
681
indicates whether revisions can be present in a repository without
682
being referenced from e.g. a branch history at the same time.
685
* ``UIFactory.choose`` has been added: prompt the user for a list of
686
choices. (Benoît Pierre)
691
* ``ControlDirFormat`` now has a new method ``supports_transport``
692
which format implementations can use whether or not they can access
693
a control dir over a particular transport. (Jelmer Vernooij)
695
* ``BranchBuilder.build_commit`` now take ``parent_ids`` and
696
``allow_leftmost_as_ghost`` arguments. (Jelmer Vernooij)
701
* Ensure TestCase instances are deallocated immediately after running where
702
possible. This greatly reduces the peak resource needs of a full test suite
703
run. The new ``-Euncollected_cases`` selftest flag will add failures if any
704
case which persists pasts its expected lifetime. (Martin Packman, #613247)
706
* Report exceptions from child processes during fork instead of swallowing the
707
error and reporting that everything went okay. (Martin Packman, #804130)
713
This is the second beta of the 2.5 series, leading to a 2.5.0 release in
714
February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but may cause some
715
incompatibilities with plugins.
717
This release includes more filtering options for ``bzr log``, idle
718
connections handling for ``bzr serve``, a ``development-colo`` experimental
719
format to flesh out the colocated branches UI, better support for foreign
720
formats, enhancements to the config framework and more.
722
This release includes all bug fixed in previous series known at the time of
727
External Compatibility Breaks
728
*****************************
735
* A new ``-O`` standard option (common to all commands) have been added. It
736
provides a value for a config option in the ``-Oname=value`` form that
737
takes precedence over all definitions found in config files. It can be
738
used multiple times to override different options.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #491196)
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* ``bzr log`` now has an option called ``--omit-merges`` to omit
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those commits that merged branches, i.e. those having more than one
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In order to avoid confusion, the previous command line option
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``--include-merges`` has been renamed to ``--include-merged``.
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The old name of the command line option will still be accepted.
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The name change also affects ``bzr missing``.
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* ``bzr serve`` will now disconnect clients if they have not issued an RPC
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request after 5minutes. On POSIX platforms, this will also happen for
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``bzr serve --inet``. This can be overridden with the configuration
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variable ``serve.client_timeout`` or in the command line parameter
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``bzr serve --client-timeout=X``. Further, it is possible to request
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``bzr serve [--inet]`` to shutdown gracefully by sending SIGHUP. It will
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finish the current request, and then close the connection.
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(John Arbash Meinel, #824797, #795025)
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* The new experimental format ``development-colo`` supports colocated
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branches. This format will eventually be merged back into the ``2a``
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format when it has stabilized and there is adequate UI support for
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #831481)
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* Fixed a bug where ``bzr tags -r x..y`` loaded the branch history once for
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every revision in the range; it's now much faster. (Vincent Ladeuil, #857335)
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* ``bzr info -v`` can now be run against branches that don't support
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``last_revision_info``, in which case the branch information will simply
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not be displayed. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``bzr shelve`` can now be used in emacs shells as the input handling is
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turned into a line-based one when ``INSIDE_EMACS`` is set (which is the
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case for all recent emacs versions). (Vincent Ladeuil, #856261)
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* ``bzr tags`` can now be used against remote repositories that do
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not provide access to the revision graph. (Jelmer Vernooij, #858942)
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* ``bzr update PATH`` will stop if you seem to be asking it to update
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anything less than a whole tree, because that's not supported by ``bzr``'s
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concept that the whole tree has a single basis revision. Previously, it
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would go ahead and update the whole tree, which was surprising.
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(Martin Pool, #557886)
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* Don't crash if ``bzrlib.initialize()`` has not been called while accessing
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configs. (Vincent Ladeuil, #863401)
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* Redirects between http and https no longer discard path information
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in some cases. (Jelmer Vernooij, #853765)
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* The ``--overwrite`` argument to ``bzr push`` and ``bzr pull`` no longer
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reports all tags as changed. (Jelmer Vernooij, #845396)
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* ``WorkingTree.get_file_mtime`` now raises NoSuchId if a file id is
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specified that is unknown. (Jelmer Vernooij, #847435)
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* ``Branch.get_revision_delta`` has been deprecated. Use
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``Repository.get_revision_delta`` instead. (Jelmer Vernooij, #859712)
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* Plugins that implement custom protocols for ``bzr serve`` should now
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also take an argument ``timeout``. This is used by the the bzr protocol
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to close a connection if a client has been idle for more than X seconds.
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(Default 5minutes). (John Arbash Meinel)
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* ``Repository.fileids_altered_by_revision_ids`` has been moved to
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``VersionedFileRepository`` and is no longer part of the standard
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``Repository`` interface. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* The argument ``include_merges`` to ``missing.find_unmerged`` has
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been renamed to ``include_merged``. The old name is still supported
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for now but will cause a deprecation warning. (Martin von Gagern)
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* The new method ``ControlDirFormat.is_initializable()`` returns a boolean
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indicating whether or not it is possible to use any of the
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initialization methods of that format to create a new control dir.
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* ``Branch`` objects can now use a config stack with the newly introduced
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``get_config_stack()``. Both ``get_config`` and ``get_config_stack`` can
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be used for the same branch but it's recommended to stick to one for a
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* Test scripts can now use ``bzr shelve`` and provide their input as
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complete lines. (Vincent Ladeuil, #856261)
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* Really corrupt the pack file without depending on a special length or value.
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(Vincent Ladeuil, #807032)
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This is the first beta of the 2.5 series, leading up to a 2.5.0
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release in February 2012.
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This release includes better support for gpg signing, better support for
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i18n (mostly command help and error messages), more options to filter ``bzr
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log`` output, more support for colocated branches ("location,branch=XXX"
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syntax), better feedback on updated tags for various commands, faster
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branching into an empty repository, enhancements to the config framework and
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Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but may cause some
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incompatibilities with plugins. Some plugins may need small updates to work
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External Compatibility Breaks
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* A ``from_unicode`` parameter can be specified when registering a config
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option. This implements boolean, integer and list config options when the
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provided ``bool_from_store``, ``int_from_store`` and ``list_from_store``
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* Add a config option gpg_signing_key for setting which GPG key should
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be used to sign commits. Also default to using the gpg user identity
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which matches user_email() as set by whoami. (Jonathan Riddell,
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which matches user_email() as set by whoami.
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(Jonathan Riddell, #68501)
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* An ``invalid`` parameter can be specified when registering a config option
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to decide what should be done when invalid values are
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encountered. 'warning' and 'eeror' will respectively emit a warning and
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encountered. 'warning' and 'error' will respectively emit a warning and
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ignore the value or errors out. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* bzr add now skips large files in recursive mode. The default "large"
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size is 20MB, and is configurable via the add.maximum_file_size
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option. A value of 0 disables skipping. Named items passed to add are
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never skipped. (Shannon Weyrick, #54624)
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* ``bzr help configuration/<option>`` display the help for ``option`` for
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all registered configuration options. (Vincent Ladeuil, #747050)
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* bzr log -m now matches message, author, committer and bugs instead
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of just matching the message. --message keeps its original meaning,
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while --match-message, --match-author, --match-committer and
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--match-bugs match each of those fields.
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* ``bzr log -m`` now matches message, author, committer and bugs instead
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of just matching the message. ``--message`` keeps its original meaning,
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while ``--match-message, --match-author, --match-committer`` and
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``--match-bugs`` match each of those fields. (Jacek Sieka)
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* ``config.Option`` can now declare ``default_from_env``, a list of
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environment variables to get a default value from. (Vincent Ladeuil)
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* ``config.NameMatcher`` can be used to implement config stores and stacks
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that need to provide specific option values for arbitrary unique IDs (svn
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repository UUIDs, etc). (Vincent Ladeuil, #843638)
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* New builtin ``bzr branches`` command, which lists all colocated branches
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in a directory. (Jelmer Vernooij, #826820)
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* Relative local paths can now be specified in URL syntax by using the
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"file:" prefix. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* Report commits signed with expired keys in "verify-signatures".
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* Report commits signed with expired keys in ``verify-signatures``.
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(Jonathan Riddell, #804254)
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* bzr add now skips large files in recursive mode. The default "large"
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size is 20MB, and is configurable via the add.maximum_file_size
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option. A value of 0 disables skipping. Named items passed to add are
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never skipped. (Shannon Weyrick, #54624)
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* Translations are now enabled for command help, errors and globally
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for any message using ``gettext`` given on output. (Jonathan Riddell,
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.. Improvements to existing commands, especially improved performance
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or memory usage, or better results.
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* ``bzr add`` will now warn about nested subtrees that are skipped.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #187342)
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* ``bzr commit -m ''`` can now be used to force an empty commit message.
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Entering an empty commit message in the message editor still triggers
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an error. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``bzr pull`` will now mention how many tags it has updated.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #164450)
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* ``bzr tag`` no longer errors if a tag already exists but refers to the
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same revision, and will mention when a tag has been updated
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rather than created. (Jelmer Vernooij, #381203)
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* ``bzr uncommit`` will now remove tags that refer to removed revisions.
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The ``--keep-tags`` option can be used to prevent this behaviour.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #605814)
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* Do not run i18n initialisation twice. (Jonathan Riddell)
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* Install translation .mo files. (Jonathan Riddell)
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* Locations printed by ``bzr upgrade`` are now formatted before display.
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(Jelmer Vernooij)
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* ``Repository.get_parent_map`` now estimates the size of the returned
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content more accurately. This means that we get closer to the desired
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64kB/request. For repositories converted from svn, this can be an
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improvement of approx 5:1 in round trips to discover the whole history.
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* Support a ``bugtracker`` option which is used by ``bzr commit --fixes``
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if no bug tracker was specified on the command line.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #334860)
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* Use ``gettext.NullTranslations`` in i18n to allow use of i18n even when
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translations are not turned on. (Jonathan Riddell)
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.. Fixes for situations where bzr would previously crash or give incorrect
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or undesirable results.
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* ``bzr commit`` now correctly reports missing files as "removed", not
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"modified". (Jelmer Vernooij, #553955)
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* ``bzr reconfigure`` will now allow multiple non-conflicting requests
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in a single invocation, e.g. ``--branch`` and ``--use-shared``.
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(Martin von Gagern, #842993)
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* A call to CHKInventory's filter-method will not result in a
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DuplicateFileId error, if you move a subfolder and change a file in
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(Bastian Bowe, #809901)
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* Branching from a stacked branch no longer does a ``get_parent_map``
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request for each revisions that is in the stacked-on repository while
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determining what revisions need to be fetched. This mostly impacts
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branching initialy into an empty shared repository when the source is
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not the development focus. (John Arbash Meinel, #388269)
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* Decode ``BZR_HOME`` with fs encoding on posix platforms to avoid unicode
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errors. (Vincent Ladeuil, #822571)
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* Fix i18n use when no environment variables are set. (Jelmer Vernooij, #810701)
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* Fix fallout from URL handling changes in 2.5 that caused an IndexError to be
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raised whenever a transport at the drive root was opened on windows.
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(Martin [gz], #841322)
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* Fixed loading of external merge tools from config to properly decode
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command-lines which contain embedded quotes. (Gordon Tyler, #828803)
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* Rather than an error being raised, a warning is now printed when the
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current user does not have permission to read a configuration file.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #837324)
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* The pull command will now always use separate connections for the
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case where the destination is a heavyweight checkout of some remote
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branch on the same host as the source branch.
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(Martin von Gagern, #483661)
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* TreeTransformBase.fixup_new_roots no longer forces trees to have a root, so
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