On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This is crazy.  There isn't (or shouldn't be) nearly this much data in
>> a branch.  Does anyone know what is going on?
>
> The directory containing all your branches needs to be a shared repository::

I do have a top-level directory called leo.repo, and I'm pretty sure I
inited it with bzr init-repo.

c:\leo.repo>bzr info
Standalone tree (format: 2a)
Location:
  branch root: .
c:\leo.repo>

>  bzr init-repo leo.repo  # creates directory leo.repo
>  cd leo.repo
>  bzr branch .../path/to/local/trunk/branch name_for_trunk_branch  # avoids 
> pulling all from lp
>  bzr branch lp:clean-4-8 clean-4-8
>
> The first branching above should take a little time, as it's copying a bunch 
> of stuff locally.
>
> The second branch will take very little time, as all the revision info is 
> stored in .../leo.repo/.bzr (where the first branching put it).

That's good to know, but creating a branch from launchpad just takes
way too long.

Edward

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"leo-editor" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.

Reply via email to