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  1. Bug #124859
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Comment 2 for bug 124859

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Aaron Bentley (abentley) wrote : Re: [Bug 124859] incorrect repository detected with symlink to a branch

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Robert Collins wrote:
> The cause is that the branch object for 'link' has not followed the
> symlink

I disagree that following the symlink is The Right Thing.

The symlink may well be a versioned file, so the containing directory is
the correct place to search. This allows "bzr log link" to give the
version history of the symlink, while bzr log "subproject/subtree" will
give the version history of the subtree.

Following the symlink would mean that there would be no way to get the
version history of the symlink, and would have even worse effects with
"commit", "merge", "revert" et al.

In sum, symlinks are first-class entities in Bazaar, so it does not make
sense to follow them.

Aaron
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