Information on how to configure Bazaar.
Each user gets a pair of configurations files in $HOME/.bazaar. The first one, named bazaar.conf, includes default configuration options. The other file, locations.conf, contains configuration information for specific branch locations.
An ini file has three types of contructs: section headers, section variables and comments.
A comment is any line that starts with a "#" (sometimes called a "hash mark", "pound sign" or "number sign"). Comment lines are ignored by Bazaar when parsing ini files.
A section header is a word enclosed in brackets that starts at the begining of a line, typical section headers look like this:
[DEFAULT]
The only valid section header for bazaar.conf is [DEFAULT], which is case senstive. The default section provides for setting variables which can be overridden with the branch config file.
For locations.conf, the variables from the section with the longest matching section header are used to the exclusion of other potentially valid section headers. A section header uses the path for the branch as the section header. Some examples include:
[http://mybranches.isp.com/~jdoe/branchdir] [/home/jdoe/branches/]
A section variable resides within a section. A section variable contains a variable name, an equals sign and a value and generally takes the following form:
email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com> check_signatures = require
The main configuration file, $HOME/.bazaar/bazaar.conf, only allows one section called '''[DEFAULT]'''. This default section contains the default configuration options for all branches. The default section can be overriden by providing a branch specific section in locations.conf.
A typical bazaar.conf section often looks like the following:
[DEFAULT] email = John Doe <jdoe@isp.com> editor = /usr/bin/vim check_signatures = check-available create_signatures = when-required
$HOME/.bazaar/locations.conf allows one to specify overriding settings for a specific branch. The format is almost identical to the default section in bazaar.conf with one significant change: The section header, instead of saying default, will be the path to a branch that you wish to override a value for. The ? and * wildcards are supported:
[/home/jdoe/branches/nethack] email = Nethack Admin <nethack@nethack.com> [http://hypothetical.site.com/branches/devel-branch] create_signatures = always check_signatures = always [http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/*] check_signatures = require
The email address to use when committing a branch. Typically takes the form of:
email = Full Name <account@hostname.tld>
The path of the editor that you wish to use if bzr commit is run without a commit log message. This setting is trumped by the environment variables $BZR_EDITOR or $EDITOR.
Defines the behavior for signatures.
Defines the behaviour of signing revisions. Has three possible values: always, never and when-requied.
Only useful in locations.conf. Defines whether or not the configuration for this section applies to subdirectories:
(Default: "gpg"). Which program should be used to sign and check revisions. example:
gpg_signing_command = /usr/bin/gnpg