Re: builtin-fetch code with messy history

> > On 6/19/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> 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.
>
> git.git/contrib/remotes2config.sh
>
> IIRC it was explicitely asked to leave branches/* out of that script, but
> the original version had it, and it should be easy to include it again.