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@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ class cmd_fast_export(Command): :Round-tripping: Recent versions of the fast-import specification support features - that allow effective round-tripping of many Bazaar branches. As - such, fast-exporting a branch and fast-importing the data produced - will create a new repository with equivalent history, i.e. + that allow effective round-tripping most of the metadata in Bazaar + branches. As such, fast-exporting a branch and fast-importing the data + produced will create a new repository with roughly equivalent history, i.e. "bzr log -v -p --include-merges --forward" on the old branch and new branch should produce similar, if not identical, results. @@ -608,13 +608,11 @@ class cmd_fast_export(Command): :History truncation: - When code has been significantly refactored over time (e.g., to separate - proprietary code from open source code), it is sometimes convenient to - simply truncate the revision history at a certain point. The --baseline - option, to be used in conjunction with -r, emits a baseline commit - containing the state of the entire source tree at the first requested - revision. This allows a user to produce a tree identical to the original - without munging multiple exports. + It is sometimes convenient to simply truncate the revision history at a + certain point. The --baseline option, to be used in conjunction with -r, + emits a baseline commit containing the state of the entire source tree at + the first requested revision. This allows a user to produce a tree + identical to the original without munging multiple exports. :Examples: |