'git-remote-bzr' is the semi-official Bazaar bridge from the Git project, once installed, it allows you to clone, fetch and push to and from Bazaar repositories as if they were Git ones:
To enable this, simply add the 'git-remote-bzr' script anywhere in your
$PATH
:
That's it :)
Obviously you will need Bazaar installed.
== Notes ==
Remember to run git gc --aggressive
after cloning a repository, specially if
it's a big one. Otherwise lots of space will be wasted.
The oldest version of Bazaar supported is 2.0. Older versions are not tested.
=== Branches vs. repositories ===
Bazaar's UI can clone only branches, but a repository can contain multiple branches, and 'git-remote-bzr' can clone both.
For example, to clone a branch:
And to clone the whole repository:
The second command would clone all the branches contained in the emacs repository, however, it's possible to specify only certain branches:
Some remotes don't support listing the branches contained in the repository, in which cases you need to manually specify the branches, and while you can specify the configuration in the clone command, you might find this easier:
=== Caveats ===
Limitations of the remote-helpers' framework apply. In particular, these commands don't work:
git push origin :branch-to-delete
git push origin old:new
(it will push 'old') (patches available)git push --dry-run origin branch
(it will push) (patches available)== Other projects ==
There are other 'git-remote-bzr' projects out there, do not confuse this one, this is the one distributed officially by the Git project:
For a comparison between these and other projects go https://github.com/felipec/git/wiki/Comparison-of-git-remote-bzr-alternatives[here].
== Contributing ==
Send your patches to the mailing list git-fc@googlegroups.com (no need to subscribe).