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<h1>Releasing a project<a class="headerlink" href="#releasing-a-project" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="packaging-a-release">
<h2>Packaging a release<a class="headerlink" href="#packaging-a-release" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">export</span></tt> 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 <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tar.gz</span></tt> archive file:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>bzr export ../releases/my-stuff-1.5.tar.gz
</pre></div>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">export</span></tt> command uses the suffix of the archive file
to work out the type of archive to create as shown below.</p>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>dir</td>
<td>(none)</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td>tar</td>
<td>.tar</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>tbz2</td>
<td>.tar.bz2, .tbz2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>tgz</td>
<td>.tar.gz, .tgz</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>zip</td>
<td>.zip</td>
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<p>If you wish to package a revision other than the last one, use
the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-r</span></tt> option. If you wish to tune the root directory inside
the archive, use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--root</span></tt> option. See the online help or
User Reference for further details on the options supported by
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">export</span></tt>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="tagging-a-release">
<h2>Tagging a release<a class="headerlink" href="#tagging-a-release" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Rather than remembering which version was used to package a release,
it’s useful to define a symbolic name for a version using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tag</span></tt>
command like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>bzr tag version-1-5
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<p>That tag can be used later whenever a revision identifier is
required, e.g.:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>bzr diff -r tag:version-1-5
</pre></div>
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<p>To see the list of tags defined in a branch, use the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tags</span></tt> command.</p>
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