From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:11:55 GMT Subject: Re: builtin-fetch code with messy history Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0706190313g74765babk38309dd838f3f585@mail.gmail.com> Hi, On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Alex Riesen wrote: > On 6/19/07, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > * when a branch config file section refers to a branches/* remote, the > > > merge setting is used (if one is given), even though this isn't useful > > > either way. > > > > 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? Ciao, Dscho