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Bug-branch links are a quick and easy way to show that a branch of code contains a fix for a certain bug.

Perhaps the coolest aspect of bug-branch links is that you can mark a bug as Fix Committed right at the moment you make the commit in Bazaar. It’s simple:

$ bzr commit -m "This fixes the problem" --fixes lp:1234

That part after the commit message — “--fixes lp:1234” — tells Bazaar that your commit fixes bug 1234 in Launchpad.

The next time you push the branch to Launchpad, it’ll update the bug report’s status to Fix Committed.

This entry was posted by Matthew Revell on Saturday, December 27th, 2008 at 9:49 am and is filed under 12 days of Launchpad. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.