Hi Gábor, On Sat, 15 Dec 2018, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 02:14:56AM -0500, Gennady Uraltsev wrote: > > I am on git version 2.20.0 > > > > $ git remote > > > > does not show remotes configured in named files in $GIT_DIR/remotes/ > > > > I do not think that this is the intended behavior. > > It's a known bug. When 'git remote' was rewritten as a builtin > command in C in commit 211c89682e (Make git-remote a builtin, > 2008-02-29) the parts dealing with remotes under 'GIT_DIR/remotes/' > were not rewritten. I don't know whether that was intended or not, > but storing remote information as configuration was about two years > old back then. Given that since then '$GIT_DIR/remotes/' got marked > as "This mechanism is legacy and not likely to be found in modern > repositories", I'm not sure it's worth fixing. Perhaps it's time for > calling it deprecated. I would be in favor of deprecating it, and then removing it. However, when I tried a similar thing with the completely obsolete `$GIT_DIR/branches/` feature, it was shot down IIRC on the mere suspicion that there was a single remaining user among the Linux kernel lieutenants. And I fear that the suspected workflow of that lieutenant involved having those legacy remotes, too. Hopefully this issue will be resolved somehow, as it is not exactly a splendid idea to keep a legacy feature of a software used by millions, just for a single user, I would think. Ciao, Dscho > > > > In particular: > > > > $ git init --bare test.git > > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/guraltsev/admin/test/git/test.git/ > > > > $ cd test.git > > > > $ mkdir -p remotes > > mkdir: created directory 'remotes' > > > > $ echo -e "URL: /testremote.git \n Push: *:* \n Pull: > > refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/testremote/* " > remotes/testremote > > > > $ git remote > > > > $ git remote show testremote > > fatal: '/testremote.git' does not appear to be a git repository > > fatal: Could not read from remote repository. > > > > Please make sure you have the correct access rights > > and the repository exists. > > > > > > > > The second to last command should show testremote as a remote. > > > > > > Best, > > > > Gennady > > > > > >
