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[Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

darrell duffy wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I'm a long time developer [40 years] and have used many Source Control
> systems. I want to use a system with a GUI interface and the core
> features of Bzr look great. Also I want to learn something that is
> supported on Source Forge.
> 
> So....
> 
> I installed Bzr on win xp [rather than my vista systems] and my task is
> to develop a WordPress theme... Look, I've programming C++ for years,
> but this is the current task.
> 
> So....
> 
> I have just spent over an hour trying to get going with Bzr Exp after
> looking at this page:
> http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/explorer/en/visual-tour-windows.html
> 
> I seem to be missing something fundamental.
> 
> My "working" directory is
> C:/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/wood_gallery
> 
> My repository directory is H:/code/wordpress/themes/wood_gallery

> I created a repository.

> Your tutorial pages don't tell me how to accomplish tasks, but only what
> the screens look like while I am doing tasks. That's not very helpful
> unless I know how to use the COMMAND LINE of bzr which I don't ever want
> to use.

Hi Darrell,

Right. A guide is coming. See
http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/explorer/en/guide/index.html. Hopefully
it will be complete in a week or two.

> HELP!!!

If I'm understanding things correctly, you have files already on your C:
drive and you want to edit things there with commits saving them to H:.
Is that right?

Firstly, be aware that there's no need to save the repository in a
separate location to your working tree. You can keep all of your history
right there in the working directory if you want. In fact, that's the
fastest way to get going so let's start with that.

1. Fire up Bazaar Explorer.
2. From the Welcome page, select "Initialise" under the
   "Start a new project tab".
3. Select C:/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/wood_gallery
   as the location and "Colocated branches" as the workspace model.
4. Select Ok.
5. A new tab should appear with that location, named wood_gallery.
   If not, open it.
6. Select Add and add all the files you want under version control.
7. Select Commit.

You now have your file being version controlled. Select the Log action
to browse history. A single revision only so far. :-)

You can now upload things to H. Use the Push action to do this. After
the push completes, the directory on H will appear empty but it will
actually have all the data stored in a hidden .bzr directory. To confirm
this, Open that directory on H and select Log.

Note that commits made to C: only go locally by default. If you want
them to go to H as well, you need to Bind the 2 locations. To do this,
open the location on C and select Bazaar > Work > Bind branch. from then
on, commits will stores the changes in both locations implicitly.

> I was looking for a forum, but all I could find is this paleolithic
> mailing list. So here goes.

Help > Get Help Online will take you to the best location for support
queries: https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr-explorer

Hope the above helps. If not, use the above link and we'll help you out
as best we can.

Ian C.