Comment 4 for bug 330086

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Alexander Belchenko (bialix) wrote : Re: [Bug 330086] Re: branch reference does not support relative paths properly

John A Meinel пишет:
> So I think it would be fine to update the code to support relative
> paths, just not create them by default. Then we can transition.
>
> Arguably older clients will fail "safely" in that they just won't find
> the reference. Except I think if you are sitting in the root dir, then
> they will find the relative path, and fail otherwise...
>

If new format will be non-default is it possible to use some
command-line flag of `bzr checkout --light` command to force relative
reference? Say:

bzr co --light --relative

or something similar?

If somebody will guide me how to create new format for this I may try to
finish my patch.