1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/bzr.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/bzr.py
index 7d377a15d9..0eb2dad5dc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/bzr.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/bzr.py
@@ -100,9 +100,16 @@ class Bzr(Fetch):
             runfetchcmd(bzrcmd, d)
 
         os.chdir(ud.pkgdir)
+
+        scmdata = ud.parm.get("scmdata", "")
+        if scmdata == "keep":
+            tar_flags = ""
+        else:
+            tar_flags = "--exclude '.bzr' --exclude '.bzrtags'"
+
         # tar them up to a defined filename
         try:
-            runfetchcmd("tar --exclude '.bzr' --exclude '.bzrtags' -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, os.path.basename(ud.pkgdir)), d)
+            runfetchcmd("tar %s -czf %s %s" % (tar_flags, ud.localpath, os.path.basename(ud.pkgdir)), d)
         except:
             t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
             try: