Packaging a release

The export command is used to package a release, i.e. to take a copy of the files and directories in a branch and package them into a fresh directory or archive. For example, this command will package the last committed version into a tar.gz archive file:

bzr export ../releases/my-stuff-1.5.tar.gz

The export command uses the suffix of the archive file to work out the type of archive to create as shown below.

Supported formats	Autodetected by extension
dir	(none)
tar	.tar
tbz2	.tar.bz2, .tbz2
tgz	.tar.gz, .tgz
zip	.zip

If you wish to package a revision other than the last one, use the -r option. If you wish to tune the root directory inside the archive, use the --root option. See the online help or User Reference for further details on the options supported by export.

Tagging a release

Rather than remembering which version was used to package a release, it’s useful to define a symbolic name for a version using the tag command like this:

bzr tag version-1-5

That tag can be used later whenever a revision identifier is required, e.g.:

bzr diff -r tag:version-1-5

To see the list of tags defined in a branch, use the tags command.