From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:07:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/24] t5505,t5516: create .git/branches/ when needed
Message-ID: <xmqqpnm6vz9m.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1907191555180.47@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Without this patch, and without removing support for `.git/branches/`,
> you force the Visual Studio build to _not_ pass the test suite. It's as
> simple as that.

I see it as deficiency of the build procedure.  What makes it so
different, compared to "make" we type on our boxes, where we do get
the .git/branches/ directory anyway, even without having any file in
it?  The patch in question is to punt solving that and instead break
the test suite.