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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: VCS comparison table
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:39:41 +0200
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Aaron Bentley wrote:
>> This clears things up immensely. bazaar checkout !=3D git checkout.
>> I still fail to see how a local copy you can't commit to is useful
>=20
> My bzr is run from a local copy I can't commit to. =A0To get the late=
st
> changes from http://bazaar-vcs.org, I can run "bzr update ~/bzr/dev".
> To merge the latest changes into my branch, I can run
> "bzr merge ~/bzr/dev". =A0It's also convenient for applying other peo=
ples'
> patches to.

Can you do "bzr log" in 'checkout', without need to specify "~/bzr/dev"=
?
If not, how this differs from checking out (in git terminology) outside=
=20
default working area, and requiring providing GIT_DIR or --git-dir for
stuff?
--=20
Jakub Narebski
Poland