Comment 6 for bug 494522

John, your idea is clever. Maybe too clever. I believe there has
been much discussion of confused expectations of the distinction
between branches and checkouts in the past. Your idea has the
potential to further blur that line in the mind of the new user.

On 12/9/09, John A Meinel <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Gordon Tyler wrote:
>> Sorry, that first line should read: As for why "update" does work, the
>> description of the update command...
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> To put another way
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> If you use "bzr branch" then to get the latest version from launchpad,
> you need to do "bzr pull".
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> If you wanted a checkout, then you could have done "bzr checkout lp..."
> and then "bzr update" would pull in the latest version from tip.
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> Arguably we could check if
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> 1) The tree is already 'up-to-date'
> 2) And the tree is colocated with its branch
> 3) And then mention that what you may have meant was 'bzr pull'
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> status confirmed
> importance low
> tags doc easy
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> John
> =:->
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> ** Changed in: bzr
> Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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> "bzr update" command does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494522
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> Status in Bazaar Version Control System: Confirmed
> Status in Kabikaboo: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> This is hands down the most frustrating thing about using Bazaar.
>
> It is easy to replicate on one of my launchpad projects. Simply try:
> bzr branch lp:kabikaboo
> Wait until there is a new revision, then run
> bzr update
>
> It NEVER pulls the new revision.
> Instead, I have to delete the entire directory and run "bzr branch" again.
>
> Whats the point of this VCS if the update command doesn't even get the
> newest files???
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