# [PATCH] Stop creating the .git/branches direectory in new repositories.

1 messages from 2008-05-21 to 2008-05-21. Participants: Kristian Høgsberg.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13606

## Kristian Høgsberg, 2008-05-21 20:09

Subject: [PATCH] Stop creating the .git/branches direectory in new repositories.
Message-ID: <1211400570-6926-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1211400570-6926-1-git-send-email-krh%40redhat.com

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The .git/brances directory is actually a piece of cogito infrastructure
that git creates, and is only there to prevent cogito falling over.

Signed-off-by: Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
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I think it's time to drop this confusing directory from the .git template.
If not for 1.5.x, let's at least schedule it for 1.6.0.

cheers,
Kristian

 templates/branches-- |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 templates/branches--

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.
-- 
1.5.4.5

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