Since at least 75c384efb52 (Do not create $GIT_DIR/remotes/ directory anymore., 2006-12-19), we strongly prefer remotes and upstream branches to be specified in the config rather than .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/.
For some time, we still retained backwards-compatibility. At some stage, it becomes pointless, though, as it just adds maintenance burden for no good reason: no repositories created within the past decade have populated these directories, and pre-existing repositories were most likely migrated by now. In preparation for removing support for this ancient compatibility that should no longer be necessary, let's warn everybody who is still using that feature (if there is anybody left, that is). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]> --- remote.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c index 04ab2230337..b2ae168035e 100644 --- a/remote.c +++ b/remote.c @@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ static void read_remotes_file(struct remote *remote) if (!f) return; + + warning(_("the remote '%s' uses the long-deprecated '%s' file"), + remote->name, git_path("branches/%s", remote->name)); + remote->configured_in_repo = 1; remote->origin = REMOTE_REMOTES; while (strbuf_getline(&buf, f) != EOF) { -- 2.12.2.windows.2.800.gede8f145e06
