Bazaar -- a free distributed version-control tool
http://bazaar-vcs.org/
Setup:
$ bzr whoami "Frank Chu <fchu@example.com>"
Creating a new branch:
$ bzr init ProjectDirectory
$ cd ProjectDirectory
Creating a new branch for an existing project that's not in source control:
$ cd ExistingProject
$ bzr init
$ bzr add
$ bzr commit -m "Initial import of ExistingProject."
Status of working copy:
$ bzr status
Committing changes in working copy:
$ bzr commit
Rollback:
$ bzr uncommit
Making a new copy of an existing branch:
$ bzr branch ProjectDirectory RadicalRefactor
$ cd RadicalRefactor; # Go nuts!
Making a local copy of an external branch:
$ bzr branch http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.dev.
$ cd bzr.dev
Exposing and updating a branch to the web
If the server does not have bzr installed:
$ bzr push sftp://user@example.com/your/web/directory/ProjectDirectory
Fast access, if server has bzr installed:
$ bzr push bzr+ssh://user@example.com/your/web/directory/ProjectDirectory
Now people can grab your repository with:.
$ bzr branch http://example.com/your/web/directory/ProjectDirectory
Creating a merge request for an upstream bzr branch:
Send the maintainer an email:
$ bzr send http://project.example.com/upstream/branch
Create a merge bundle file (containing a readable diff):
$ bzr send http://project.example.com/upstream/branch -o my_feature.patch
Get more help:
$ bzr help
$ bzr help topics
$ bzr help commands
$ bzr help merge #...etc
