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John A Meinel (jameinel) wrote : Re: [Bug 833665] [NEW] shortcut for specifying colocated branches

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On 08/25/2011 12:55 PM, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> at the moment it is possible to specify colocated branches in URLs. This
> works, but is quite annoying for local use. It would be nice if there
> was a shortcut to using colocated branches, e.g.:
>
> ../localpath,branch=foo
>
> or perhaps even:
>
> ../localpath,foo
>
> This is mostly a matter of tweaking bzrlib.transport.location_to_url.
>
> ** Affects: bzr
> Importance: Medium
> Status: Confirmed
>
>
> ** Tags: colocated ui
>

Well, most people would like:
 cd ../localpath
 bzr log foo

Or something equivalent to that to work. The syntax there is (I think?):
 bzr log .,branch=foo

Which is more clearly a usability issue.

John
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