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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix branches file configuration
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:03:29 -0700
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:56:43 -0700 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> (the support for "branches" file is not
> deprecated, even though I personally do not see a reason to use it in new
> repositories).

I looked at the new (verbose) format a year or two back and thought "why
the heck would I want to use that".

I have 213 files in my .git/branches/ and I change them a lot.  The
succinct one-line format is nice...