Version control system comparable to Git.
This section supposes that you know Git.
Create a launchpad account.
bzr whoami "Your Name <name@example.com>"
bzr init
bzr add
bzr commit -m 0
bzr push lp:~$LAUCHPAD_LOGIN/$PROJECT_NAME/$BRANCH_NAME
Now visit https://code.launchpad.net/~cirosantilli/ and that should be listed there.
You can also visit https://code.launchpad.net/~cirosantilli/$PROJECT_NAME to see all branches of a project.
Because Canonical is stuck to its dying solution and is not making an effort to move out.
Initial release of bzr was around at the same time as Git.
Today Git is infinitely more used, and Canonical is probably by far the major bzr user.
bzr even has Launchpad specific commands built-in.
Perhaps this was not clear in the past, but today I am not the only one to wonder: how can they not transition to git?
- http://lwn.net/Articles/578936/
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/32084/why-does-ubuntu-use-launchpad-instead-of-github-or-bitbucket
At least basic commands look exactly like Git.
Latest version:
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/hello
This includes the next unreleased version. E.g., in 2015-08, it was already the unreleased Ubuntu 15.10.
Specific Ubuntu version:
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/trusty/hello
If you do bzr log in those, you will see every Ubuntu release of the package ever made. Great stuff.
The general URL form of personal launchpad repos is:
bzr branch lp:~$LAUCHPAD_LOGIN/$PROJECT_NAME/$BRANCH_NAME
Launchpad proposes the project name +junk by default. Does the + sign have any meaning?
Ubuntu naming convention for unstable versions:
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/trusty/hello
When development stops, those branches are completely removed.
See also: http://askubuntu.com/questions/167468/where-can-i-find-the-source-code-of-ubuntu
List all branches (analogous to Git repositories?): https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hello
Possibilities:
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http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/hello/trusty/files corresponds to
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/trusty/hello -
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/wily/hello/wily/files corresponds to the latest
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/helloas of 2015-08, but that will change in the future.There seems to be no "latest" URL corresponding to the
bzrcommand.
bzr help
bzr help init
TODO where is this information stored?
Required to commit:
bzr whoami "Your Name <name@example.com>"
View current whoami:
bzr whoami
Required to push to launchpad:
bzr launchpad-login LAUNCHPAD_LOGIN
View current login:
bzr launchpad-login
bzr init
Creates a .bzr directory.
Adds lines to .bzrignore:
bzr ignore "*.out" "*.exe"
bzr add README.md
bzr status
Sample output:
added:
README.md
bzr commit
bzr push lp:~$LAUNCHPAD_LOGIN/$PROJECT_NAME/$BRANCH_NAME
lp: is a magic protocol implemented as a bzr extension that automatically deals well with Launchpad.