[13:32] Hi, I come from a git background and I am trying to find the equivalent of the "git format-patch" and "git am" commands, to share multiple commits (along with author, date, and full commit messages) via email. [13:32] I believe what you want is a bundle [13:33] $ bzr help bundle [13:33] I see I can use "bzr send -o my.patch" to create a merge directinve which contains a bundle with the info I want to communicate, as confirmed by "bzr bundle-info -v my.patch" [13:34] LeoNerd, I do not understand how I can merge such info from a bundle into a distict repository, "bzr merge" + "bzr commit" results in all changes from the different revisions in the bundle squashed together, and with no commit messages [13:35] I meant "bzr merge my.patch" [13:35] Ah; the merge is one commit, but it does retain the distinct identity of the individual changes within that [13:36] so there's no way to rebuild the history of the individual revisions from a bundle? [13:36] Define "rebuild"? [13:37] Do you want them all visible as separate *mainline* commits? [13:37] Usually a merge appears as one commit with multiple sub-commits inside it [13:38] I am with Bazaar (bzr) 2.8.0dev1 BTW. [13:39] rather than rebuild I meant "preserve" the way I added the commits on the local branch [13:40] So each one is individual at toplevel? [13:41] yes, and there is also the issue of keeping the commit message[s] from the bundle [13:41] Should be doable.. I would imagine some variant of 'bzr replay' can do it [13:41] Though offhand not a thing I've fiddled with before [13:42] LeoNerd, let me read about that, thanks for the hint [13:42] (replay is useful for pulling commits around places) [13:43] "bzr help replay" fails here, is it an extensions? [13:43] Oh.. hmm.. maybe [13:46] Personally, I basically never use the email bundle things... those rare times I need to send or receive commits, it's far easier to just have some http-visible repository somewhere [13:50] LeoNerd, it'd be handy for a one-off contribution, and it is a familiar workflow for git people. [13:51] Ohright; I'm sure people do it, I'm just saying *I* don't so I'm not sure how helpful I can be in describing it [13:54] LeoNerd, np :) [13:54] and thanks [13:59] I'm not sure peopole do it, they just merge.