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[Jan Beulich]

On 13.05.2026 14:12, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> On 13/05/2026 13:08, Richard Earnshaw (foss) wrote:
>> On 12/05/2026 17:03, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> to limit the volume of stuff that needs fetching, I'm deliberately having
>>>
>>> 	fetch = ^refs/heads/users/*
>>>
>>> in my .git/config. However, recently an insn-4-byte-align branch has
>>> appeared at the top level, and a little earlier there also was a new
>>> upstream/users/nalcock/prev/road-to-ctfv4. Looking at "git branch -a" I'm
>>> also observing quite a few more such branches which apparently weren't
>>> touched in a long time.
>>>
>>> Could we make it a goal to keep the top level of origin/ tidy, i.e. having
>>> only the "official" branches there, and have everything else under users/
>>> (and, if necessary, a limited set of other easy to cover sub-spaces)?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jan
>>
>> GCC uses the adacore hooks to limit branches to specific namespaces.  Perhaps we should add something similar for binutils.
> 
> Or we could just say: if you want private branches use the sourceware forge.  Users can then create their own clones of https://forge.sourceware.org/binutils-gdb/binutils-gdb-mirror for personal stuff.

If it is an option, then certainly I'd prefer this route. What I have no clue
about is how to transition us there.

Jan