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While most configuration is handled by configuration files, some options
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which may be semi-permanent can also be controlled through the environment.
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Override the email id used by Bazaar. Typical format::
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"John Doe <jdoe@example.com>"
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See also the ``email`` configuration option.
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Override the progress display. Possible values are "none" or "text". If
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the value is "none" then no progress bar is displayed. The value "text" draws
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the ordinary command line progress bar.
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Control whether SIGQUIT behaves normally or invokes a breakin debugger.
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* 0 = Standard SIGQUIT behavior (normally, exit with a core dump)
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* 1 = Invoke breakin debugger (default)
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Override the home directory used by Bazaar.
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Select a different SSH implementation.
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Control whether to launch a debugger on error.
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* 0 = Standard behavior
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Path to the Bazaar executable to use when using the bzr+ssh protocol.
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See also the ``bzr_remote_path`` configuration option.
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Path to the editor Bazaar should use for commit messages, etc.
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Location of the Bazaar log file. You can check the current location by
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running ``bzr version``.
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The log file contains debug information that is useful for diagnosing or
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reporting problems with Bazaar.
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Setting this to ``NUL`` on Windows or ``/dev/null`` on other platforms
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The path to the plugins directory that Bazaar should use.
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If not set, Bazaar will search for plugins in:
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* the user specific plugin directory (containing the ``user`` plugins),
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* the bzrlib directory (containing the ``core`` plugins),
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* the site specific plugin directory if applicable (containing
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the ``site`` plugins).
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If ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` is set in any fashion, it will change the
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the way the plugin are searched.
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As for the ``PATH`` variables, if multiple directories are
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specified in ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` they should be separated by the
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platform specific appropriate character (':' on Unix,
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By default if ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` is set, it replaces searching
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in ``user``. However it will continue to search in ``core`` and
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``site`` unless they are explicitly removed.
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If you need to change the order or remove one of these
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directories, you should use special values:
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* ``-user``, ``-core``, ``-site`` will remove the corresponding
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path from the default values,
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* ``+user``, ``+core``, ``+site`` will add the corresponding path
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before the remaining default values (and also remove it from
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Note that the special values 'user', 'core' and 'site' should be
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used literally, they will be substituted by the corresponding,
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platform specific, values.
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The examples below use ':' as the separator, windows users
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Overriding the default user plugin directory::
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BZR_PLUGIN_PATH='/path/to/my/other/plugins'
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Disabling the site directory while retaining the user directory::
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BZR_PLUGIN_PATH='-site:+user'
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Disabling all plugins (better achieved with --no-plugins)::
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BZR_PLUGIN_PATH='-user:-core:-site'
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Overriding the default site plugin directory::
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BZR_PLUGIN_PATH='/path/to/my/site/plugins:-site':+user
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Under special circumstances (mostly when trying to diagnose a
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bug), it's better to disable a plugin (or several) rather than
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uninstalling them completely. Such plugins can be specified in
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the ``BZR_DISABLE_PLUGINS`` environment variable.
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In that case, ``bzr`` will stop loading the specified plugins and
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will raise an import error if they are explicitly imported (by
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another plugin that depends on them for example).
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Disabling ``myplugin`` and ``yourplugin`` is achieved by::
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BZR_DISABLE_PLUGINS='myplugin:yourplugin'
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When adding a new feature or working on a bug in a plugin,
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developers often need to use a specific version of a given
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plugin. Since python requires that the directory containing the
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code is named like the plugin itself this make it impossible to
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use arbitrary directory names (using a two-level directory scheme
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is inconvenient). ``BZR_PLUGINS_AT`` allows such directories even
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if they don't appear in ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` .
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Plugins specified in this environment variable takes precedence
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over the ones in ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH``.
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The variable specified a list of ``plugin_name@plugin path``,
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``plugin_name`` being the name of the plugin as it appears in
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python module paths, ``plugin_path`` being the path to the
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directory containing the plugin code itself
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(i.e. ``plugins/myplugin`` not ``plugins``). Use ':' as the list
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separator, use ';' on windows.
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Using a specific version of ``myplugin``:
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``BZR_PLUGINS_AT='myplugin@/home/me/bugfixes/123456-myplugin``
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The path where Bazaar should look for shell plugin external commands.
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http_proxy, https_proxy
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Specifies the network proxy for outgoing connections, for example::
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http_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:3128/
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https_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:3128/
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Configuration files are located in ``$HOME/.bazaar`` on Unix and
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``C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Bazaar\2.0`` on
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Windows. (You can check the location for your system by using
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There are three primary configuration files in this location:
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* ``bazaar.conf`` describes default configuration options,
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* ``locations.conf`` describes configuration information for
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specific branch locations,
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* ``authentication.conf`` describes credential information for
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Each branch can also contain a configuration file that sets values specific
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to that branch. This file is found at ``.bzr/branch/branch.conf`` within the
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branch. This file is visible to all users of a branch, if you wish to override
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one of the values for a branch with a setting that is specific to you then you
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can do so in ``locations.conf``.
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An ini file has three types of contructs: section headers, section
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options and comments.
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A comment is any line that starts with a "#" (sometimes called a "hash
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mark", "pound sign" or "number sign"). Comment lines are ignored by
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Bazaar when parsing ini files.
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A section header is a word enclosed in brackets that starts at the begining
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of a line. A typical section header looks like this::
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The only valid section headers for bazaar.conf currently are [DEFAULT] and
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[ALIASES]. Section headers are case sensitive. The default section provides for
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setting options which can be overridden with the branch config file.
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For ``locations.conf``, the options from the section with the
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longest matching section header are used to the exclusion of other
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potentially valid section headers. A section header uses the path for
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the branch as the section header. Some examples include::
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[http://mybranches.isp.com/~jdoe/branchdir]
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[/home/jdoe/branches/]
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A section option resides within a section. A section option contains an
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option name, an equals sign and a value. For example::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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gpg_signing_key = Amy Pond <amy@example.com>
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A option can reference other options by enclosing them in curly brackets::
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my_branch_name = feature_x
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my_server = bzr+ssh://example.com
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push_location = {my_server}/project/{my_branch_name}
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Options defined in a section affect the named directory or URL plus
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any locations they contain. Policies can be used to change how an
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option value is interpreted for contained locations. Currently
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there are three policies available:
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the value is interpreted the same for contained locations. This is
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the default behaviour.
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the value is only used for the exact location specified by the
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for contained locations, any additional path components are
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appended to the value.
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Policies are specified by keys with names of the form "<option_name>:policy".
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For example, to define the push location for a tree of branches, the
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following could be used::
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push_location = sftp://example.com/location
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push_location:policy = appendpath
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With this configuration, the push location for ``/top/location/branch1``
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would be ``sftp://example.com/location/branch1``.
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Section local options
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Some options are defined automatically inside a given section and can be
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refered to in this section only.
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For example, the ``appendpath`` policy can be used like this::
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr
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mypush:policy=appendpath
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Using ``relpath`` to achieve the same result is done like this::
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{relpath}
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In both cases, when used in a directory like
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``/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/832013-expand-in-stack`` we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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Another such option is ``basename`` which can be used like this::
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{basename}
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When used in a directory like
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``/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/832013-expand-in-stack`` we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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Note that ``basename`` here refers to the base name of ``relpath`` which
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itself is defined as the relative path between the section name and the
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Another such option is ``branchname``, which refers to the name of a colocated
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branch. For non-colocated branches, it behaves like basename. It can be used
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{branchname}
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When used with a colocated branch named ``832013-expand-in-stack``, we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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When an option is local to a Section, it cannot be referred to from option
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values in any other section from the same ``Store`` nor from any other
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The main configuration file, bazaar.conf
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``bazaar.conf`` allows two sections: ``[DEFAULT]`` and ``[ALIASES]``.
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The default section contains the default
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configuration options for all branches. The default section can be
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overriden by providing a branch-specific section in ``locations.conf``.
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A typical ``bazaar.conf`` section often looks like the following::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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editor = /usr/bin/vim
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create_signatures = when-required
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The branch location configuration file, locations.conf
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``locations.conf`` allows one to specify overriding settings for
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a specific branch. The format is almost identical to the default section in
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bazaar.conf with one significant change: The section header, instead of saying
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default, will be the path to a branch that you wish to override a value
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for. The '?' and '*' wildcards are supported::
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[/home/jdoe/branches/nethack]
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email = Nethack Admin <nethack@nethack.com>
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[http://hypothetical.site.com/branches/devel-branch]
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create_signatures = always
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The authentication configuration file, authentication.conf
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``authentication.conf`` allows one to specify credentials for
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remote servers. This can be used for all the supported transports and any part
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of bzr that requires authentication (smtp for example).
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The syntax of the file obeys the same rules as the others except for the
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option policies which don't apply.
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For more information on the possible uses of the authentication configuration
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file see :doc:`authentication-help`.
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A comma-separated list of debugging options to turn on. The same values
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can be used as with the -D command-line option (see `help global-options`).
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debug_flags = hpss,evil
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The email address to use when committing a branch. Typically takes the form
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email = Full Name <account@hostname.tld>
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The path of the editor that you wish to use if *bzr commit* is run without
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a commit message. This setting is trumped by the environment variable
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``BZR_EDITOR``, and overrides the ``VISUAL`` and ``EDITOR`` environment
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The default log format to use. Standard log formats are ``long``, ``short``
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and ``line``. Additional formats may be provided by plugins. The default
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Reserved for future use. These options will allow a policy for branches to
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The gnupg signature for revisions must be present and must be valid.
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Do not check gnupg signatures of revisions.
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(default) If gnupg signatures for revisions are present, check them.
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Bazaar will fail if it finds a bad signature, but will not fail if
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no signature is present.
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Defines the behaviour of signing revisions on commits. By default bzr will not
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Sign every new revision that is committed. If the signing fails then the
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commit will not be made.
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Reserved for future use.
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Reserved for future use.
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In future it is planned that ``when-required`` will sign newly
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committed revisions only when the branch requires them. ``never`` will refuse
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to sign newly committed revisions, even if the branch requires signatures.
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If true (default), working tree metadata changes are flushed through the
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OS buffers to physical disk. This is somewhat slower, but means data
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should not be lost if the machine crashes. See also repository.fdatasync.
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The GnuPG user identity to use when signing commits. Can be an e-mail
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address, key fingerprint or full key ID. When unset or when set to
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"default" Bazaar will use the user e-mail set with ``whoami``.
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Only useful in ``locations.conf``. Defines whether or not the
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configuration for this section applies to subdirectories:
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(default) This section applies to subdirectories as well.
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This section only applies to the branch at this directory and not
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(Default: "gpg"). Which program should be used to sign and check revisions.
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gpg_signing_command = /usr/bin/gnpg
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The specified command must accept the options "--clearsign" and "-u <email>".
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(Default: "bzr"). The path to the command that should be used to run the smart
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server for bzr. This value may only be specified in locations.conf, because:
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- it's needed before branch.conf is accessible
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- allowing remote branch.conf files to specify commands would be a security
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It is overridden by the BZR_REMOTE_PATH environment variable.
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(Default: "localhost"). SMTP server to use when Bazaar needs to send
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email, eg. with ``merge-directive --mail-to``, or the bzr-email plugin.
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smtp_username, smtp_password
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User and password to authenticate to the SMTP server. If smtp_username
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is set, and smtp_password is not, Bazaar will prompt for a password.
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These settings are only needed if the SMTP server requires authentication
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If set to true, bzr will automatically break locks held by processes from
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the same machine and user that are no longer alive. Otherwise, it will
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print a message and you can break the lock manually, if you are satisfied
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the object is no longer in use.
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A mail client to use for sending merge requests.
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By default, bzr will try to use ``mapi`` on Windows. On other platforms, it
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will try ``xdg-email``. If either of these fails, it will fall back to
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Supported values for specific clients:
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:claws: Use Claws. This skips a dialog for attaching files.
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:evolution: Use Evolution.
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:thunderbird: Use Mozilla Thunderbird or Icedove. For Thunderbird/Icedove 1.5,
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this works around some bugs that xdg-email doesn't handle.
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Supported generic values are:
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:editor: Use your editor to compose the merge request. This also uses
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your commit id, (see ``bzr whoami``), smtp_server and (optionally)
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smtp_username and smtp_password.
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:mapi: Use your preferred e-mail client on Windows.
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:xdg-email: Use xdg-email to run your preferred mail program
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If true (default), repository changes are flushed through the OS buffers
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to physical disk. This is somewhat slower, but means data should not be
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lost if the machine crashes. See also dirstate.fdatasync.
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The branch you intend to submit your current work to. This is automatically
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set by ``bzr send``, and is also used by the ``submit:`` revision spec. This
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should usually be set on a per-branch or per-location basis.
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A publically-accessible version of this branch (implying that this version is
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not publically-accessible). Used (and set) by ``bzr send``.
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A list of strings, each string represent a warning that can be emitted by
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bzr. Mentioning a warning in this list tells bzr to not emit it.
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* ``format_deprecation``:
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whether the format deprecation warning is shown on repositories that are
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using deprecated formats.
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A format name for the default format used when creating branches. See ``bzr
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help formats`` for possible values.
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A Python unicode encoding name for text output from bzr, such as log
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information. Values include: utf8, cp850, ascii, iso-8859-1. The default
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is the terminal encoding prefered by the operating system.
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Branch type specific options
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These options apply only to branches that use the ``dirstate-tags`` or
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are usually set in ``.bzr/branch/branch.conf`` automatically, but may be
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manually set in ``locations.conf`` or ``bazaar.conf``.
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append_revisions_only
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If set to "True" then revisions can only be appended to the log, not
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removed. A branch with this setting enabled can only pull from another
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branch if the other branch's log is a longer version of its own. This is
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normally set by ``bzr init --append-revisions-only``. If you set it
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manually, use either 'True' or 'False' (case-sensitive) to maintain
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compatibility with previous bzr versions (older than 2.2).
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If present, the location of the default branch for pull or merge. This option
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is normally set when creating a branch, the first ``pull`` or by ``pull
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If present, the location of the default branch for push. This option
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is normally set by the first ``push`` or ``push --remember``.
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If present, defines the ``--strict`` option default value for checking
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uncommitted changes before pushing.
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If present, defines the ``--strict`` option default value for checking
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uncommitted changes before pushing into a different VCS without any
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The location that commits should go to when acting as a checkout.
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This option is normally set by ``bind``.
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If set to "True", the branch should act as a checkout, and push each commit to
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the bound_location. This option is normally set by ``bind``/``unbind``.
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If present, defines the ``--strict`` option default value for checking
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uncommitted changes before sending a merge directive.
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add.maximum_file_size
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Defines the maximum file size the command line "add" operation will allow
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in recursive mode, with files larger than this value being skipped. You may
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specify this value as an integer (in which case it is interpreted as bytes),
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or you may specify the value using SI units, i.e. 10KB, 20MB, 1G. A value of 0
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will disable skipping.
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Defines an external merge tool called <name> with the given command-line.
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Arguments containing spaces should be quoted using single or double quotes. The
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executable may omit its path if it can be found on the PATH.
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The following markers can be used in the command-line to substitute filenames
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involved in the merge conflict::
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{this_temp} temp copy of file.THIS, used to overwrite output file if merge
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bzr.mergetool.kdiff3 = kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}
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Because ``mergetool`` and ``config`` itself both use curly braces as
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interpolation markers, trying to display the mergetool line results in the
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$ bzr config bzr.mergetool.kdiff3='kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}'
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$ bzr config bzr.mergetool.kdiff3
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bzr: ERROR: Option base is not defined while expanding "kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}".
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To avoid this, ``config`` can be instructed not to try expanding variables::
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$ bzr config --all bzr.mergetool.kdiff3
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bzr.mergetool.kdiff3 = kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}
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Specifies which external merge tool (as defined above) should be selected by
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