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[PATCH] Don't create .git/branches

From
PRPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date
Sep 19, 2007, 05:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20070919050802.13422.8384.stgit@dv.roinet.com>

.git/branches was obsoleted by .git/remotes in August 2005, and the later was obsoleted in December 2006. .git/branches was kept for compatibility with Cogito. Since Cogito is not developed any longer, the .git/branches directory is no longer useful, especially in newly created repositories.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
---
 templates/branches-- |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 templates/branches--
diff --git a/templates/branches-- b/templates/branches--
deleted file mode 100644
index fae8870..0000000
--- a/templates/branches--
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-: this is just to ensure the directory exists.
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  1. Don't create .git/branchesPavel Roskin, Sep 19, 2007

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