From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:02:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't create the $GIT_DIR/branches directory on init
Message-ID: <200910311902.48317.robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
In-Reply-To: <200910311011.31189.trast@student.ethz.ch>

lördag 31 oktober 2009 10:11:29 skrev  Thomas Rast:
> Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> > Git itself does not even look at this directory.
>
> This contradicts the git-fetch manpage though: from urls-remotes.txt,
> it includes
>
>   The name of one of the following can be used instead
>   of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
>
>   * a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
>   * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
>   * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
>
> (and a longer explanation of what they need to look like).
>
> So which one is wrong?

I, and a few other people, it seems. Seems the purpose of these
files is a bit different. Git does look in these directories (both)
when fetch is run. Seems remotes is not created by init though.

-- robin