From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't create the $GIT_DIR/branches directory on init
Message-ID: <7vhbtgk1k4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1256923228-18949-1-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> writes:

> Git itself does not even look at this directory. Any tools that
> actually needs it should create it itself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
> ---
>  templates/branches-- |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 templates/branches--
>
> Shawn and other wants to stop JGit from creating this directory on
> init with the motivation that newer Git version doesn't create it
> anymore. This patch would make that assertion true.

Cogito now seems really dead ;-).

Unless somebody complains I am Ok to queue this for 1.6.6.

>
> -- robin
>
> 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.
> -- 
> 1.6.5.2.102.g1f8896