init-repository

Purpose:

Create a shared repository for branches to share storage space.

Usage:

bzr init-repository LOCATION

Options:

--no-trees	Branches in the repository will default to not having a working tree.
-v, --verbose	Display more information.
-q, --quiet	Only display errors and warnings.
--usage	Show usage message and options.
-h, --help	Show help message.

Repository format:

--format=ARG	Specify a format for this repository. See “bzr help formats” for details.
--2a	Format for the bzr 2.0 series. Uses group-compress storage. Provides rich roots which are a one-way transition.
--default	Format for the bzr 2.0 series. Uses group-compress storage. Provides rich roots which are a one-way transition.
--development-colo
	The 2a format with experimental support for colocated branches.

–pack-0.92 Pack-based format used in 1.x series. Introduced in

0.92. Interoperates with bzr repositories before 0.92 but cannot be read by bzr < 0.92.

Description:

New branches created under the repository directory will store their revisions in the repository, not in the branch directory. For branches with shared history, this reduces the amount of storage needed and speeds up the creation of new branches.

If the –no-trees option is given then the branches in the repository will not have working trees by default. They will still exist as directories on disk, but they will not have separate copies of the files at a certain revision. This can be useful for repositories that store branches which are interacted with through checkouts or remote branches, such as on a server.

Examples:

Create a shared repository holding just branches:

bzr init-repo --no-trees repo
bzr init repo/trunk

Make a lightweight checkout elsewhere:

bzr checkout --lightweight repo/trunk trunk-checkout
cd trunk-checkout
(add files here)

Aliases:

init-repo

See also:

branch, checkout, init, repositories