archpath - output arch (tla/Bazaar) archive names, with support for branches
archpath
archpath branch
archpath branch--version
archpath is intended to be run in an arch (tla or Bazaar) working copy.
In its simplest usage,
archpath with no parameters outputs the package
name (archive/category--branch--version) associated with the working copy.
If a parameter is given, it may either be a branch--version, in which case
archpath will output a corresponding package name in the current
archive and category, or a plain branch name (without ‘--"), in
which case
archpath will output a corresponding package name in the
current archive and category and with the same version as the current working
copy.
This is useful for branching. For example, if you're using Bazaar and you want
to create a branch for a new feature, you might use a command like this:
baz branch $(archpath) $(archpath new-feature)
Or if you want to tag your current code onto a ‘releases’ branch
as version 1.0, you might use a command like this:
baz branch $(archpath) $(archpath releases--1.0)
That's much easier than using ‘baz tree-version’ to look up the
package name and manually modifying the result.
archpath was written by Colin Watson <
[email protected]>. Like
archpath, this manual page is released under the GNU General Public
License, version 2 or later.