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<h1>Writing a plugin<a class="headerlink" href="#writing-a-plugin" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="introduction">
<h2>Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Plugins are very similar to bzr core functionality. They can import
anything in bzrlib. A plugin may simply override standard functionality,
but most plugins supply new commands.</p>
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<div class="section" id="creating-a-new-command">
<h2>Creating a new command<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-new-command" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>To create a command, make a new object that derives from
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bzrlib.commands.Command</span></code>, and name it <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd_foo</span></code>, where foo is the name of
your command. If you create a command whose name contains an underscore,
it will appear in the UI with the underscore turned into a hyphen. For
example, <cite>cmd_baz_import</cite> will appear as <cite>baz-import</cite>. For examples of how
to write commands, please see <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">builtins.py</span></code>.</p>
<p>Once you’ve created a command you must register the command with
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bzrlib.commands.register_command(cmd_foo)</span></code>. You must register the
command when your file is imported, otherwise bzr will not see it.</p>
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<div class="section" id="installing-a-hook">
<h2>Installing a hook<a class="headerlink" href="#installing-a-hook" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>See <a class="reference external" href="hooks.txt">Using hooks</a>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="specifying-a-plugin-version-number">
<h2>Specifying a plugin version number<a class="headerlink" href="#specifying-a-plugin-version-number" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Simply define <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version_info</span></code> to be a tuple defining the current version
number of your plugin. eg.
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version_info</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">(0,</span> <span class="pre">9,</span> <span class="pre">0)</span></code>
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version_info</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">(0,</span> <span class="pre">9,</span> <span class="pre">0,</span> <span class="pre">'dev',</span> <span class="pre">0)</span></code></p>
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<div class="section" id="plugin-searching-rules">
<h2>Plugin searching rules<a class="headerlink" href="#plugin-searching-rules" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Bzr will scan <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.bazaar/plugins</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bzrlib/plugins</span></code> for plugins
by default. You can override this with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BZR_PLUGIN_PATH</span></code>
(see <a class="reference external" href="../user-reference/configuration-help.html#bzr-plugin-path">User Reference</a> for details).</p>
<p>Plugins may be either modules or packages. If your plugin is a single
file, you can structure it as a module. If it has multiple files, or if
you want to distribute it as a bzr branch, you should structure it as a
package, i.e. a directory with an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__.py</span></code> file.</p>
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<h2>More information<a class="headerlink" href="#more-information" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Please feel free to contribute your plugin to BzrTools, if you think it
would be useful to other people.</p>
<p>See the <a class="reference external" href="../developer-guide/HACKING.html">Bazaar Developer Guide</a> for details on Bazaar’s development
guidelines and policies.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#creating-a-new-command">Creating a new command</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#installing-a-hook">Installing a hook</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#specifying-a-plugin-version-number">Specifying a plugin version number</a></li>
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