branch

Purpose:

Create a new branch that is a copy of an existing branch.

Usage:

bzr branch FROM_LOCATION [TO_LOCATION]

Options:

--use-existing-dir
	By default branch will fail if the target directory exists, but does not already have a control directory. This flag will allow branch to proceed.
--stacked	Create a stacked branch referring to the source branch. The new branch will depend on the availability of the source branch for all operations.
-v, --verbose	Display more information.
--standalone	Do not use a shared repository, even if available.
--files-from=ARG
	Get file contents from this tree.
-h, --help	Show help message.
-q, --quiet	Only display errors and warnings.
--switch	Switch the checkout in the current directory to the new branch.
--hardlink	Hard-link working tree files where possible.
--bind	Bind new branch to from location.
--usage	Show usage message and options.
--no-tree	Create a branch without a working-tree.
-r ARG, --revision=ARG
	See “help revisionspec” for details.

Description:

If the TO_LOCATION is omitted, the last component of the FROM_LOCATION will be used. In other words, “branch ../foo/bar” will attempt to create ./bar. If the FROM_LOCATION has no / or path separator embedded, the TO_LOCATION is derived from the FROM_LOCATION by stripping a leading scheme or drive identifier, if any. For example, “branch lp:foo-bar” will attempt to create ./foo-bar.

To retrieve the branch as of a particular revision, supply the –revision parameter, as in “branch foo/bar -r 5”.

The synonyms ‘clone’ and ‘get’ for this command are deprecated.

Aliases:

get, clone

See also:

checkout