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format is ``long``). This a work in progress and only some options are
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Working on a posix system without a locale
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non-ascii filenames. It will now use utf-8 rather than ascii as a fallback
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encoding for interacting with the filesystem. This makes creating a working
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tree and commiting to it possible for such branches in most environments.
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A large number of new methods have been added to the smart server, making
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raw file access through the VFS unnecessary in almost all situations, with
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the major exception of operations involving stacked branches.
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Commands that have become significantly faster when using a remote branch
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over ``bzr://``, ``bzr+ssh://`` or ``bzr+http://`` include:
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Several commands which used to make multiple connections to the server now
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make only a single one. Connection setup has a fairly high overhead,
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especially to Launchpad, so this can save several seconds for some
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Basic colocated branch support
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The UI now has basic support for colocated branches. In full URLs,
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a specific colocated branch can be specified using URL path segment
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parameters. For example a branch named ``stronk`` could be addressed using
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``http://example.com/path/to/dir,branch=stronk``.
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The new ``bzr branches`` command can be used to list all present branches
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in a directory, and indicates what the currently active branch is.
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Several commands also accept co-located branch names directly, such as
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All Bazaar formats now allow setting ``feature flags``. These can be used
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by plugins to extend Bazaar formats and require the presence of particular
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plugins or versions of Bazaar to open them, without having to introduce
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completely new formats.
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See ``doc/developers/feature-flags.txt`` for details.
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Several commands or options that previously required access to the full
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branch history now only access those parts of the history they actually
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need. This significantly improves their performance for branches
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A new command ``bzr verify-signatures`` can be used to verify GPG
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signatures made with ``bzr commit`` or the ``bzr sign-my-commits``
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Most error messages, help topics and other user-visible text can now be
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translated. Initial translations for Russian, Japanese and Spanish exist.
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The ``po_merge`` plugin has been added. It provides a merge hook
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to automate merging of changes to gettext template files. Refer to
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``bzr help po_merge`` for documentation on how to
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Further information
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