From: Alex Riesen Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:47:12 GMT Subject: Re: builtin-fetch code with messy history Message-ID: <81b0412b0706190447y37c3aedbya42b7a3d5703322c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 6/19/07, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > > > Maybe this is the right time to cut off branches/* and remotes/*? > > > > Seconded. Don't use the remotes/ since some months now. > > But... isn't a git package with code of something like 1.4.4 is still > > in some major distributions? > > Yes, AFAICT it is Ubuntu "the most up-to-date distro there is". At least > many questions on the list and in IRC suggest that. > > So, how about checking (at least for a year) in builtin-fetch, if > "branches/" or "remotes/" exist, and fail, with a nice message how to move > to config-based remotes? ...by suggesting to use a nice conversion script which we don't have. BTW, as far as I can see, git-remote reads old configuration just fine, so it probably will a very simple script: read all and write all. Well, the "all" part of it can be a bit complicated, but aside from that...