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  • John's work unexpectedly turned into a project
    
    
  • Requires preplanned branches in other tools
    
    
  • Trivial in BitKeeper, just like creating any workspace
    
    
    • Easy to continue tracking the main tree
      
      
    • Easy to partition his team off into their own staging area
      
      
    • Main tree is not "polluted" with their unfinished work
   
Slide 25 of 33 13 Feb 2005 lm@bitmover.com