Questions[bazaar](ubuntu)

I know in a lot of source control tracking systems (Redmine, Trac, Jira) you can add magic words like resolves #1234 in your commit message to have the bug updated to a certain status. Is there a feature like this with Launchpad - if so where, or what, is the list of magic keywords?

An example can be seen on Redmine's issue tracker page.

http://www.redmine.org/issues/6987 has two "Associated Revisions"

They're associated because the commit message has Fixed: Wiki#find_page should not be case sensitive because page title uniqueness is not (#6987). The combination of Fixed as a keyword and #6987, bug's unique ID, automatically updated the associated ticked to fixed.

I develop most of my code in Git repos, now that I've become slightly more active on Launchpad I've started picking up Bazaar which has two "small" difference from Git's workflow that ride against how I usually develop code. While I don't mind using Bazaar I've noticed that Launchpad has options to use multiple VSC tools

I'm curious exactly how this works with Launchpad with an emphasis on the following:

• Is the repo mirrored as a Git repo or a Bazaar repository?
• If it's a Bazaar repo - how are multiple branches in a Git repository mirrored on Launchpad?
• How are updates from users pushing to the LP branch handled
  • Are the branches from Git considered Read-only or will LP attempt to push them to the Git server?
    • If so under what methods? (Git+SSH, Git Daemon, etc)
• How often is the LP mirror updated?

I'm assisting in a project on Launchpad - however I do not have write access to that branch. How can I create a branch which I can push to and point people on the team for review?

I am quite used to using git, is there an easy way to import/export from bzr into git and back bzr once I have made commits?

Etckeeper is a great tool for keeping track of changes to your configuration files in /etc. A few key things about it really stand out. It can be used with a wide variety of VCSs: git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr. It also does auto commits daily and whenever you install, remove or upgrade package. It also keeps track of file permissions and user/group ownership metadata.

I would also like to keep my "dot files" in my home directory under version control as well, preferably bazaar. Does anyone know if a tool like etckeeper exists for this purpose?

Worst case, I imagine that a simple cron job running bzr add && bzr ci once or twice a day along with adding ~/Documents, ~/Music, etc to the .bzrignore Anyone already doing something similar with a script?

While I'd prefer bazaar, other options might be interesting.