Aaron Bentley wrote: >> This clears things up immensely. bazaar checkout != git checkout. >> I still fail to see how a local copy you can't commit to is useful > > My bzr is run from a local copy I can't commit to. To get the latest > 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". It's also convenient for applying other peoples' > 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 default working area, and requiring providing GIT_DIR or --git-dir for stuff? -- Jakub Narebski Poland - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html