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From
APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 24, 2007, 12:41 UTC
Message-ID
<200704241341.54857.andyparkins@gmail.com>
Hello,

Is there a reason for the branches/ directory to be in the default git template?

The first thing I do with a new repository is remove branches/ and remotes/ and everything seems to work fine.

Would it be safe to remove templates/branches-- so it's never even installed?
Andy
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