Comment 6 for bug 629150

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) wrote : Re: [Bug 629150] Re: bzr version-info is accessing bound branch location

Am 17/11/11 14:08, schrieb Henrik Nordström:
> tor 2011-11-17 klockan 11:41 +0000 skrev Jelmer Vernooij:
>
>> Perhaps we should ask a different question. What is the use case for
>> allowing local branch nicks that diverge from the master branch?
>
> Can't think of any. But then I do not see much uses of branch nicks in
> that context other than to unify different developers local branch
> naming styles to a common project-wide model in the recorded history.
>
> But probably not a good idea to add additional operations to "bzr
> update" unless really needed.
Why would it be a bad idea to not have "bzr update" update the branch nick?

Making sure the brach nick of the local branch is updated to the master
branch nick is a lot simpler than having to explain in what situations
the branch nick is updated.

Cheers,

Jelmer