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While most configuration is handled by configuration files, some options
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which may be semi-permanent can also be controlled through the environment.
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Override the email id used by Bazaar. Typical format::
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Override the email id used by Breezy. Typical format::
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"John Doe <jdoe@example.com>"
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See also the ``email`` configuration value.
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See also the ``email`` configuration option.
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Override the progress display. Possible values are "none", "dots", "tty"
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Override the progress display. Possible values are "none" or "text". If
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the value is "none" then no progress bar is displayed. The value "text" draws
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the ordinary command line progress bar.
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Control whether SIGQUIT behaves normally or invokes a breakin debugger.
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* 0 = Standard SIGQUIT behavior (normally, exit with a core dump)
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* 1 = Invoke breakin debugger (default)
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Override the home directory used by Bazaar.
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Override the home directory used by Breezy.
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Select a different SSH implementation.
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Control whether to launch a debugger on error.
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Path to the Bazaar executable to use when using the bzr+ssh protocol.
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See also the ``bzr_remote_path`` configuration value.
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Path to the Bazaar or Breezy executable to use when using the bzr+ssh protocol.
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See also the ``bzr_remote_path`` configuration option.
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Path to the editor Bazaar should use for commit messages, etc.
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Path to the editor Breezy should use for commit messages, etc.
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Location of the Breezy log file. You can check the current location by
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running ``bzr version``.
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The log file contains debug information that is useful for diagnosing or
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reporting problems with Breezy.
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Setting this to ``NUL`` on Windows or ``/dev/null`` on other platforms
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The path to the plugins directory that Bazaar should use.
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If not set, Bazaar will search for plugins in:
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The path to the plugins directory that Breezy should use.
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If not set, Breezy will search for plugins in:
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* the user specific plugin directory (containing the ``user`` plugins),
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* the bzrlib directory (containing the ``core`` plugins),
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* the breezy directory (containing the ``core`` plugins),
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* the site specific plugin directory if applicable (containing
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the ``site`` plugins).
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As for the ``PATH`` variables, if multiple directories are
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specified in ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` they should be separated by the
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platform specific appropriate character (':' on Unix/Linux/etc,
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platform specific appropriate character (':' on Unix,
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By default if ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH`` is set, it replaces searching
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Using a specific version of ``myplugin``:
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``BZR_PLUGINS_AT='myplugin@/home/me/bugfixes/123456-myplugin``
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The path where Bazaar should look for shell plugin external commands.
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The path where Breezy should look for shell plugin external commands.
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http_proxy, https_proxy
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Specifies the network proxy for outgoing connections, for example::
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http_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:3128/
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https_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:3128/
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Configuration files
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Configuration files are located in ``$HOME/.bazaar`` on Linux/Unix and
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``C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Bazaar\2.0`` on
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Configuration files are located in ``$HOME/.bazaar`` on Unix and
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``C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Breezy\2.0`` on
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Windows. (You can check the location for your system by using
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``bzr version``.)
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There are three primary configuration files in this location:
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* ``bazaar.conf`` describes default configuration options,
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* ``breezy.conf`` describes default configuration options,
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* ``locations.conf`` describes configuration information for
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specific branch locations,
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An ini file has three types of contructs: section headers, section
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variables and comments.
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options and comments.
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A comment is any line that starts with a "#" (sometimes called a "hash
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mark", "pound sign" or "number sign"). Comment lines are ignored by
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Bazaar when parsing ini files.
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Breezy when parsing ini files.
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The only valid section headers for bazaar.conf currently are [DEFAULT] and
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The only valid section headers for breezy.conf currently are [DEFAULT] and
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[ALIASES]. Section headers are case sensitive. The default section provides for
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setting variables which can be overridden with the branch config file.
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setting options which can be overridden with the branch config file.
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For ``locations.conf``, the variables from the section with the
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For ``locations.conf``, the options from the section with the
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longest matching section header are used to the exclusion of other
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potentially valid section headers. A section header uses the path for
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the branch as the section header. Some examples include::
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[/home/jdoe/branches/]
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A section variable resides within a section. A section variable contains a
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variable name, an equals sign and a value. For example::
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A section option resides within a section. A section option contains an
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option name, an equals sign and a value. For example::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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check_signatures = require
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Variables defined in a section affect the named directory or URL plus
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any locations they contain. Policies can be used to change how a
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variable value is interpreted for contained locations. Currently
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gpg_signing_key = Amy Pond <amy@example.com>
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A option can reference other options by enclosing them in curly brackets::
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my_branch_name = feature_x
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my_server = bzr+ssh://example.com
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push_location = {my_server}/project/{my_branch_name}
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Options defined in a section affect the named directory or URL plus
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any locations they contain. Policies can be used to change how an
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option value is interpreted for contained locations. Currently
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for contained locations, any additional path components are
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appended to the value.
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Policies are specified by keys with names of the form "$var:policy".
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Policies are specified by keys with names of the form "<option_name>:policy".
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For example, to define the push location for a tree of branches, the
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following could be used::
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With this configuration, the push location for ``/top/location/branch1``
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would be ``sftp://example.com/location/branch1``.
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The main configuration file, bazaar.conf
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Section local options
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Some options are defined automatically inside a given section and can be
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refered to in this section only.
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For example, the ``appendpath`` policy can be used like this::
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr
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mypush:policy=appendpath
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Using ``relpath`` to achieve the same result is done like this::
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{relpath}
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In both cases, when used in a directory like
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``/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/832013-expand-in-stack`` we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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Another such option is ``basename`` which can be used like this::
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{basename}
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When used in a directory like
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``/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs/832013-expand-in-stack`` we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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Note that ``basename`` here refers to the base name of ``relpath`` which
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itself is defined as the relative path between the section name and the
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Another such option is ``branchname``, which refers to the name of a colocated
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branch. For non-colocated branches, it behaves like basename. It can be used
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[/home/vila/src/bzr/bugs]
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mypush = lp:~vila/bzr/{branchname}
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When used with a colocated branch named ``832013-expand-in-stack``, we'll get::
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lp:~vila/bzr/832013-expand-in-stack
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When an option is local to a Section, it cannot be referred to from option
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values in any other section from the same ``Store`` nor from any other
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The main configuration file, breezy.conf
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``bazaar.conf`` allows two sections: ``[DEFAULT]`` and ``[ALIASES]``.
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``breezy.conf`` allows two sections: ``[DEFAULT]`` and ``[ALIASES]``.
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The default section contains the default
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configuration options for all branches. The default section can be
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overriden by providing a branch-specific section in ``locations.conf``.
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A typical ``bazaar.conf`` section often looks like the following::
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email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com>
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check_signatures = check-available
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create_signatures = when-required
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``locations.conf`` allows one to specify overriding settings for
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a specific branch. The format is almost identical to the default section in
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bazaar.conf with one significant change: The section header, instead of saying
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breezy.conf with one significant change: The section header, instead of saying
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default, will be the path to a branch that you wish to override a value
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for. The '?' and '*' wildcards are supported::
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[http://hypothetical.site.com/branches/devel-branch]
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check_signatures = always
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[http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/*]
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The authentication configuration file, authentication.conf
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of bzr that requires authentication (smtp for example).
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The syntax of the file obeys the same rules as the others except for the
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variable policies which don't apply.
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option policies which don't apply.
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For more information on the possible uses of the authentication configuration
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file see :doc:`authentication-help`.
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Common variable options
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(default) If gnupg signatures for revisions are present, check them.
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Bazaar will fail if it finds a bad signature, but will not fail if
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Breezy will fail if it finds a bad signature, but will not fail if
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no signature is present.
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Defines the behaviour of signing revisions.
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Defines the behaviour of signing revisions on commits. By default bzr will not
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Sign every new revision that is committed.
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Sign every new revision that is committed. If the signing fails then the
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commit will not be made.
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(default) Sign newly committed revisions only when the branch requires
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Reserved for future use.
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Refuse to sign newly committed revisions, even if the branch
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Reserved for future use.
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In future it is planned that ``when-required`` will sign newly
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committed revisions only when the branch requires them. ``never`` will refuse
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to sign newly committed revisions, even if the branch requires signatures.
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If true (default), working tree metadata changes are flushed through the
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OS buffers to physical disk. This is somewhat slower, but means data
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should not be lost if the machine crashes. See also repository.fdatasync.
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The GnuPG user identity to use when signing commits. Can be an e-mail
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address, key fingerprint or full key ID. When unset or when set to
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"default" Breezy will use the user e-mail set with ``whoami``.
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(Default: "localhost"). SMTP server to use when Bazaar needs to send
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(Default: "localhost"). SMTP server to use when Breezy needs to send
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email, eg. with ``merge-directive --mail-to``, or the bzr-email plugin.
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smtp_username, smtp_password
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User and password to authenticate to the SMTP server. If smtp_username
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is set, and smtp_password is not, Bazaar will prompt for a password.
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is set, and smtp_password is not, Breezy will prompt for a password.
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These settings are only needed if the SMTP server requires authentication
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If set to true, bzr will automatically break locks held by processes from
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the same machine and user that are no longer alive. Otherwise, it will
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print a message and you can break the lock manually, if you are satisfied
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the object is no longer in use.
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:mapi: Use your preferred e-mail client on Windows.
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:xdg-email: Use xdg-email to run your preferred mail program
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If true (default), repository changes are flushed through the OS buffers
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to physical disk. This is somewhat slower, but means data should not be
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lost if the machine crashes. See also dirstate.fdatasync.
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whether the format deprecation warning is shown on repositories that are
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using deprecated formats.
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* ``insecure_permissions``:
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whether a warning is shown if ``authentication.conf`` can be read
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A format name for the default format used when creating branches. See ``bzr
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help formats`` for possible values.
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A Python unicode encoding name for text output from bzr, such as log
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information. Values include: utf8, cp850, ascii, iso-8859-1. The default
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is the terminal encoding prefered by the operating system.
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Branch type specific options
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If present, the location of the default branch for pull or merge.
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This option is normally set by ``pull --remember`` or ``merge
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If present, the location of the default branch for pull or merge. This option
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is normally set when creating a branch, the first ``pull`` or by ``pull
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If present, the location of the default branch for push. This option
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is normally set by ``push --remember``.
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is normally set by the first ``push`` or ``push --remember``.
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If present, defines the ``--strict`` option default value for checking
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uncommitted changes before sending a merge directive.
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add.maximum_file_size
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Defines the maximum file size the command line "add" operation will allow
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in recursive mode, with files larger than this value being skipped. You may
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specify this value as an integer (in which case it is interpreted as bytes),
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or you may specify the value using SI units, i.e. 10KB, 20MB, 1G. A value of 0
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will disable skipping.
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Defines an external merge tool called <name> with the given command-line.
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Arguments containing spaces should be quoted using single or double quotes. The
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executable may omit its path if it can be found on the PATH.
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The following markers can be used in the command-line to substitute filenames
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involved in the merge conflict::
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{this_temp} temp copy of file.THIS, used to overwrite output file if merge
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bzr.mergetool.kdiff3 = kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}
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Because ``mergetool`` and ``config`` itself both use curly braces as
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interpolation markers, trying to display the mergetool line results in the
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$ bzr config bzr.mergetool.kdiff3='kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}'
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$ bzr config bzr.mergetool.kdiff3
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bzr: ERROR: Option base is not defined while expanding "kdiff3 {base} {this} {other} -o {result}".
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To avoid this, ``config`` can be instructed not to try expanding variables::
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$ bzr config --all bzr.mergetool.kdiff3
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bzr.default_mergetool
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Specifies which external merge tool (as defined above) should be selected by
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default in tools such as ``bzr qconflicts``.
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bzr.default_mergetool = kdiff3