Chris Jerdonek added the comment: Switching this to a devguide issue so the work-around can be documented, for example in this section: http://docs.python.org/devguide/faq.html#how-do-i-switch-between-branches-inside-my-working-copy ---------- assignee: -> docs at python components: +Devguide, Documentation -Build keywords: +easy nosy: +docs at python, ezio.melotti stage: -> needs patch type: behavior -> enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15964> _______________________________________