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Try 'bzr branch' instead of 'pull'.

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM, andi abes <andi.abes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure who wins in git vs. bzr ease of use... guess it depends on how
> quickly I get over this error:
>
> $ bzr pull lp:swift/1.3
> bzr: ERROR: Cannot lock LockDir(
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~swift/swift/omega-1.3.0-7/.bzr/branch/lock):
> Transport oper
> ation not possible: http does not support mkdir()
>
>
> any idea ?
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Soren Hansen <soren at linux2go.dk> wrote:
>
>> 2011/4/27 Thomas Goirand <thomas at goirand.fr>:
>> > On 04/27/2011 11:26 PM, Soren Hansen wrote:
>> >> To get working, yes. To be an expert, no.
>> >>
>> >> bzr lp-login
>> >> (bzr init-repo)
>> >> bzr branch
>> >> (bzr add)
>> >> bzr commit
>> >> bzr push
>> >>
>> >> ..are sufficient to just get started.
>> > No, I don't agree, it's not enough. See below.
>>
>>
>> >>> and that's most of the time the issues with "using bzr for git users"
>> >>> tutorials: they tend to think that you're ok with the most basics
>> >>> command, and that you wont ever need more. Truth is you do, and
>> >>> finding the relevant information for the thing you need takes time (a
>> >>> big cost, to use your own words...).  If you find a "learning quickly
>> >>> advanced bzr commands for git users" type of tutorial, I might change
>> >>> my mind! :)
>> >>
>> >> If you can explain what sort of stuff you've had a hard time finding, I
>> >> can probably whip up something that will be helpful to others.
>> > - git reset --hard <sha256>
>>
>> bzr uncommit -r <revisionspec>
>>
>> that leaves the changes in the working directory, though. You can use
>> "bzr revert" to remove the changes from the working directory.
>>
>> > - git commit -a --amend (to correct the latest commit)
>>
>> bzr uncommit ; bzr commit
>>
>> > - git format-patch <sha256>
>>
>> bzr log -c <revisionspec> -p
>>
>> > - or maybe instead: git diff -u -r <sha256> -r <sha256>
>>
>> bzr diff -r <revisionspec>..<revisionspec>
>>
>> > - git push --force (you told me, but I forgot... is that bzr push
>> > --overwrite?)
>>
>> "bzr push --overwrite", but please don't use it. It's the same for
>> git, really. Once you've pushed it somewhere, don't remove stuff from
>> it, or rebase it or whatever. If anyone has pulled from it and based
>> work on it, it's extremely awkward if they want to sync up with you.
>>
>> > - git cherry-pick -x
>>
>> bzr merge -c <revisionspec>, but its use is discouraged.
>>
>> > - git -r branch (does listing branches on the remote side even make
>> > sense with bzr?)
>>
>> No.
>>
>> > - git tag (to list tags, as bzr tag <tagname> seems working)
>>
>> bzr tags
>>
>> > There must be more than I can't recall just now, in 5 minutes of deep
>> > thoughts.
>>
>> I still don't see how any of the above are *required* to start working,
>> though.
>>
>> > Also, one thing I love with git, is that I can always do "man
>> > git-command" if I want help with "command", and there's more than 100 of
>> > them. Is this available somehow?
>>
>> "bzr <subcommand> -h" shows the help for the subcommand.
>>
>> "bzr help <foo>" is roughly the same, but it provides help for a bunch
>> of things other than commands.
>>
>> "bzr help commands" shows you (almost) all the available commands (bzr
>> help hidden-commands shows a few extra commands that most people will
>> never need)
>>
>> "bzr help topics" shows a bunch of topics that has more extensive
>> explanations.
>>
>>
>> --
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