Re: VCS comparison table

Aaron Bentley wrote:

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This clears things up immensely. bazaar checkout != git checkout.
I still fail to see how a local copy you can't commit to is useful

My bzr is run from a local copy I can't commit to.  To get the latest
changes from http://bazaar-vcs.org, I can run "bzr update ~/bzr/dev".
To merge the latest changes into my branch, I can run
"bzr merge ~/bzr/dev".  It's also convenient for applying other peoples'
patches to.

Can you do "bzr log" in 'checkout', without need to specify "~/bzr/dev"?
If not, how this differs from checking out (in git terminology) outside 
default working area, and requiring providing GIT_DIR or --git-dir for
stuff?
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Jakub Narebski
Poland