Questions tagged [bazaar]
Often abbreviated bzr, Bazaar is a distributed version control system (VCS) with a focus on being easy to learn. Its development is sponsored by Canonical, the same company who sponsors the development of Ubuntu. It is tightly integrated with Launchpad and is the VCS of choice for Ubuntu development.
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How to keep "dot files" under version control?
Etckeeper is a great tool for keeping track of changes to your configuration files in /etc. A few key things about it really stand out. It can be used with a wide variety of VCSs: git, mercurial, ...
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Is it possible to SSH through port 80?
I am behind a network firewall that doesn't let me ssh through the default port. Because of that, I can't push any bzr branches to my repository. I would like to know if it is possible to somehow ...
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Git on Launchpad
I develop most of my code in Git repos, now that I've become slightly more active on Launchpad I've started picking up Bazaar which has two "small" difference from Git's workflow that ride against how ...
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How do I submit a patch to a Launchpad project?
With a Git/GitHub background and knowing very little about Bazaar VCS, I would like to occasionally report a bug to projects hosted on Launchpad, and even send a patch. I'd like to do it in a "proper"...
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How can I import bzr branches into git?
I am quite used to using git, is there an easy way to import/export from bzr into git and back bzr once I have made commits?
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What is Bazaar and how do I use it?
I wanted to get a program, which is installed via bzr.
I have successfully installed bzr, but it asks me to authenticate (despite that I`m logged in to Launchpad). Bzr help seems to be oriented ...
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How to create a personal branch in Launchpad?
I'm assisting in a project on Launchpad - however I do not have write access to that branch. How can I create a branch which I can push to and point people on the team for review?
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How do I use a Launchpad recipe for patching and building an original package?
I have a patch against vim which applies to packaged version. I would like to automate this, so that when new ubuntu is released, the newer unpatched vim gets patched & built using a recipe. I ...
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Who is ubuntu-etherpad and why did they take ownership of my bzr branch?
I created a project in bazaar:
# - On Effex - Desktop
cd ~/Proj
bzr init-repo cups-pdf
bzr branch ubuntu:precise/cups-pdf precise
bzr branch ubuntu:quantal/cups-pdf quantal
bzr branch ubuntu:raring/...
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Is it possible to use bzr on Launchpad without using port 22?
I'm trying to pull from and push to bazaar branches hosted at launchpad.net but my internet provider is blocking port 22. Is it possible to use port 80 or 443 instead?
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Is there a bzr command to see all branches of a project on Launchpad?
If you visit a project on Launchpad, you can see all active branches of all developers involved in the project.
Is there a bzr command to do the same without visiting the project's page on Launchpad ...
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How can I install Inkscape from BZR?
In order to get the latest version of Inkscape, one has to use BZR.
How can I install inkscape using BZR and properly install it on my System?.
Detailed step by step guide would be preferable.
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Are there magic commit words in Launchpad Code?
I know in a lot of source control tracking systems (Redmine, Trac, Jira) you can add magic words like resolves #1234 in your commit message to have the bug updated to a certain status. Is there a ...
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Can't build new .deb package
I'm trying to create a new .deb package, but the build fails with the following output:
dpkg-genchanges: error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; cannot distribute
dpkg-buildpackage: error:...
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For my project in Launchpad, how do I send all merge requests to a mailing list?
I have a project in Launchpad with a bzr tree. I want all merge requests against that tree to have notifications set to my developer mailing list. How can I accomplish this?
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Ubuntu packaging in bzr
A while ago there was talk of moving all (or at least some?) of the packaging effort to bzr branches on launchpad. I seem to remember there were a number of benefits mentioned, such as making it ...
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GIT, SVN, Mercurial and Bazaar packages available to install (GUI & Terminal)
What packages are available in Ubuntu to use the following distributed version control systems via Terminal or GUI?
GIT
SVN
Mercurial
Bazaar
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How to use one recipe to create packages for different ubuntu series (trouble with ./debian/changelog)?
The launchpad's beta feature allows to create ubuntu packages using recipes. I got them to work, and I am now able to use them for packaging my project.
However, I have little trouble with the ./...
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How to create a diff of a file between it's current and the latest tagged version in bzr?
I have a file that is tracked using bzr, and I'd like to script the creation of a diff between it's current (current as in current, not latest commited), and latest commited version that is tagged.
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Rebuild package from upstream source?
I'm trying to rebuild a package (specifically grub2) to overcome some bugs that have been fixed upstream but not fixed in Ubuntu, and have the package integrate into Ubuntu properly. The package is ...
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Where can I find the fingerprint of 'bazaar.launchpad.net'?
I'd like to verify the RSA key fingerprint I'm shown, where would I find it online*? Please don't post random pages showing that fingerprint, it should be an official one.
*) I know that's not the ...
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How do I host my own Bazaar shared repositories?
What I want ?
We operate in a small team of 9 people including developers, QA and designers. I want to setup a version control. We have a ubuntu (server edition) and i want to host all our ...
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How To Set Up Bazaar Server On Ubuntu Server
How do you set up a Bazaar server on Ubuntu server? I have home server running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS I want to use as a Bazaar central server. How do I do that? (create repository (if not the same), ...
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How to fix "No previous changelog" failure in Launchpad's PPA auto-builds?
So I want to start using Launchpad to push some packages. I use GitHub to upload my code to, and I have noticed that there is an option to upload/import from a Git repository (that is what I did). It ...
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Future of Bazaar [closed]
The Bazaar DVCS seems to be left far behind Git and Mercurial, at least in terms of adoption and overall mindshare in the VCS space. AFAIK the only high profile projects using bzr are
Ubuntu and ...
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How can I migrate an application from GitHub to Launchpad?
I am working on a new Ubuntu application.
I would like to migrate it from GitHub to Launchpad.
The reason why I added it to GitHub and not to Launchpad is that I had some issues saving it with ...
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Include Binary Files in DEB package
I need to build a DEB package from mainly Node.js Javascript files, but it should include some binary files as well. They are listed inside debian/source/include-binaries. Otherwise I get the error ...
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Bazaar error when branching a Launchpad repo
I tried to install Ubuntu TV in Ubuntu 12.04 by following this guide.
Everything had been OK until I executed in the terminal bzr branch lp:~s-team/ubuntutv/trunk ubuntu-tv. I get the following ...
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How do I install a bazaar fork in 13.10?
I found a Bazaar fork promising a solution to one of my issues here:
Bluetooth indicator disappears on turning off bluetooth
Problem is, I followed their instructions, and all it did was download the ...
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How do I fix "bzr: ERROR: Unable to determine your name. "?
I am trying to quickly create my first app and am getting gtk errors when I try to run or create an application.
Here is a copy of what I executed and what results I got:
daniel@laptop:~/...
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Why do I get a 'Connection closed' error when trying to branch a Launchpad branch?
When I try to branch any Launchpad branch I keep getting the following error:
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
bzr: ERROR: Connection closed: Unexpected end of message. ...
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Building a .Deb package after locally modifying the files
I am new to Linux and I'm learning about packaging in Ubuntu.
I wish to run synapse with recoll plguin (lp:~pmarchwiak/synapse-project/recoll-plugin).
Now,
How can I build a package from the ...
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pbuilder-dist fails if cmake can't find non-mandatary c++ feature support?
I'm trying to submit a deb to my PPA according to this manual:
https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html
I'm able to build my app with bzr builddeb -- -nc -us -uc and to sign it ...
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Keeping /etc folder on a remote server
I have etckeeper with default configuration (bazaar as VCS). I want to keep this repository on the remote server (for example on Amazon EC2 or, if possible, on Dropbox/Box.net/Ubuntu One).
I tried to ...
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Bazaar plugin for Anjuta
I want to use Anjuta for development and Bazaar for version control. But the launchpad project listed on this page is empty.
http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/IDEIntegration
Is it dead? Is there ...
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What do I do once a branch is marked as 'Needs Fixing'
I have a branch to be merged here:
https://code.launchpad.net/~headbangerkenny/ubuntuone-android-music/branch/+merge/71364
I got told what I needed to fix and did that, do I need to set anything ...
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How to build and compile a bzr branch for testing
When I pull down a bzr branch using
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/<package name>
I get one set of source files. However, when i go
apt-get source <package name>
I get another. The command
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Split a text file into two files, without losing revision history?
So say I have file.py that I want to split into file1.py and file2.py.
What is the correct way to do this? Would it be to use the following?
bzr copy file.py file1.py
bzr copy file.py file2.py
bzr ...
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How to deploy Juju charm in development branch
I would like to deploy this branch of the quantum-gateway juju charm
https://code.launchpad.net/~openstack-charmers/charms/trusty/quantum-gateway/next
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bzr branch lp:~openstack-...
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Some Bazaar packages are missing in Ubuntu 13.10 (especially bzr-svn)
Yesterday I installed Bazaar on Ubuntu 13.10. I also installed Bazaar plugins I use but some plugins installation failed because of missing packages. In my case the missing packages were bzr-svn and ...
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What are the advantages and disadventages of git or bzr + rsync vs rdiff-backup?
I used to use rsync to do backups, but then I switched to rdiff-backup to incremental backups.
Recently, I discovered git and bzr while working on a coding project.
So, I was thinking, I could have ...
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Is there a way to see a list of unreachable revisions in Bazaar?
If I do an uncommit, Bazaar gives me a revision id which I can use to retrieve the uncommitted revision, should I ever need it. If I don't write it down right after the uncommit, is there a way to ...
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Change version number in launchpad
While committing package to launchpad through quickly submit, version automatically jumped to current month, that is 12.07. I did try to delete all milestones and re-upload the package. But every time,...
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Install program from source to chroot env
I have an program source (Remmina) and want to install it to chroot environment. Remmina uses cmake system.
I can install it to chroot using:
sudo make install DESTDIR=mychroot
but this is not nice ...
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How to read bzr diff
original:
if __name__ == "__main__":
myparams = {"server":"mpilgrim", \
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Why do I have to unlock my private key to perform a download operation?
I don't understand why I must be identified - anyone can download this branch. I get the same prompt when I upload to launchpad - that makes far more sense to me.
Anyone know why bzr does this?
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How to configure version control for Qt?
It might be just a basic thing for many, but I'm stuck at "Qt version control", and it's really annoying me. I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and my Qt version is 2.4.1.
Here's the message which is displayed:
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Bazaar Will not allow Launchpad login
I am trying to set-up a working environment for application development on my lubuntu 12.04 system using this guide.
But upon entering the command bzr launchpad-login mylaunchpadid, I am given an ...
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Create a new repository/branch using bzrlib
I'm trying to programmatically create a new blank Bazaar branch/repo, tantamount to running brz init. I've tried several different routes from the bzrlib documentation but so far haven't succeeded.
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How do I create a Debian branch for my project on Launchpad?
I have a project on Launchpad that consists of a single branch (trunk). I would like to create a second branch that contains the Debian packaging for the project (with the intent of creating a build ...
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