I've been playing around with Git recently to get a grasp of distributed version control. Now I'm looking at Bazaar, but can't figure out how to make a local branch, i.e. a branch that I do not have to push to when I want to commit changes. With Git, I would do
git branch branch_name
or
git checkout -b branch_name
I can then work in my local branch, committing changes as I go, without having to push changes to a remote repo. When I'm through with the branch, I can merge it to my local master branch. If I want, I can then push those changes to the remote repo.
Is this possible with Bazaar? Bazaar seems much more like SVN, with branches just being separate directories, so maybe not.
Best Answer
Yes, you definitely can do that.
Let's say there's a remote repository at bzr+ssh://foo.com/repo/mainline
You can create a local branch by doing:
Now, you can make changes to the local_branch and commit them, and those changes are only in that local directory. e.g.:
That will add foo only in the local branch.