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.. New commands, options, etc that users may wish to try out.
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* The ``log_format`` configuration can be used with ``-Olog_format=line`` to
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change the format ``push`` and ``pull`` use to display the
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revisions. I.e.: ``bzr pull -v -Olog_format=short`` will use the ``short``
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format instead of the default ``long`` one. (Vincent Ladeuil, #861472)
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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 version-info`` now takes a ``--revision`` argument.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #238705)
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* ``bzr revno`` now takes a ``--revision`` argument.
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(Jelmer Vernooij, #870649)
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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 mkdir --quiet`` now does not print a line for every created
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directory. (Martin von Gagern, #869915)
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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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* ``Branch.revision_history`` is now deprecated. (Jelmer Vernooij, #799519)
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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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* ``ControlDirFormat`` now has a new method ``supports_transport``
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which format implementations can use whether or not they can access
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a control dir over a particular transport. (Jelmer Vernooij)
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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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* Ensure TestCase instances are deallocated immediately after running where
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possible. This greatly reduces the peak resource needs of a full test suite
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run. The new ``-Euncollected_cases`` selftest flag will add failures if any
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case which persists pasts its expected lifetime. (Martin Packman, #613247)
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This is the second 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 some
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incompatibilities with plugins.
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connections handling for ``bzr serve``, a ``development-colo`` experimental
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format to flesh out the colocated branches UI, better support for foreign
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formats, enhancements to the config framework and more.
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This release includes all bug fixed in previous series known at the time of
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* A new ``-O`` standard option (common to all commands) have been added. It
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provides a value for a config option in the ``-Oname=value`` form that
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takes precedence over all definitions found in config files. It can be
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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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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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.. Improvements to existing commands, especially improved performance
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or memory usage, or better results.
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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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.. Fixes for situations where bzr would previously crash or give incorrect
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or undesirable results.
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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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* ``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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.. Improved or updated documentation.
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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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.. Changes that may require updates in plugins or other code that uses
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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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:2.5b1: 2011-09-15
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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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release in February 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use
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but may cause some incompatibilities with plugins. Some plugins may need
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small updates to work with 2.5b1.
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External Compatibility Breaks
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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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* ``bzr log`` now has an option called ``--omit-merges`` to ommit
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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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* ``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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