[PATCH 08/13] tests: don't depend on template-created .git/branches

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

As noted in c8a58ac5a52 (Revert "Don't create the $GIT_DIR/branches
directory on init", 2009-10-31) there was an attempt long ago in
0cc5691a8b0 (Don't create the $GIT_DIR/branches directory on init,
2009-10-30) to get rid of the legacy "branches" directory.

We should probably get rid of its creation by removing the
"templates/branches--" file, but whatever we do with that we don't
need to be creating it in the templates that drive our own tests.

By removing this dependency it'll be more obvious what tests depend on
the existence of ".git/branches", and we can remove the first of the
three special-cases added to copy_template() in a preceding commit.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/init-db.c     | 1 -
 t/t5505-remote.sh     | 2 ++
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 8dddb47bdc4..3700a6b854e 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ static void copy_templates(int no_template, const char *template_dir,
 	len = path.len;
 
 	lazy_mkdir_strbuf_or_die_setlen(&path, len, "hooks");
-	lazy_mkdir_strbuf_or_die_setlen(&path, len, "branches");
 
 	strbuf_release(&path);
 }
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index e6e3c8f552c..3bd8ec05802 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ test_expect_success 'migrate a remote from named file in $GIT_DIR/branches' '
 	(
 		cd six &&
 		git remote rm origin &&
+		mkdir .git/branches &&
 		echo "$origin_url#main" >.git/branches/origin &&
 		git remote rename origin origin &&
 		test_path_is_missing .git/branches/origin &&
@@ -943,6 +944,7 @@ test_expect_success 'migrate a remote from named file in $GIT_DIR/branches (2)'
 	(
 		cd seven &&
 		git remote rm origin &&
+		mkdir .git/branches &&
 		echo "quux#foom" > .git/branches/origin &&
 		git remote rename origin origin &&
 		test_path_is_missing .git/branches/origin &&
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 7831a38ddef..eea191d042f 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with branches' '
 	mk_empty testrepo &&
 	git branch second $the_first_commit &&
 	git checkout second &&
+	mkdir testrepo/.git/branches &&
 	echo ".." > testrepo/.git/branches/branch1 &&
 	(
 		cd testrepo &&
@@ -934,6 +935,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with branches' '
 
 test_expect_success 'fetch with branches containing #' '
 	mk_empty testrepo &&
+	mkdir testrepo/.git/branches &&
 	echo "..#second" > testrepo/.git/branches/branch2 &&
 	(
 		cd testrepo &&
@@ -948,6 +950,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with branches containing #' '
 test_expect_success 'push with branches' '
 	mk_empty testrepo &&
 	git checkout second &&
+	mkdir .git/branches &&
 	echo "testrepo" > .git/branches/branch1 &&
 	git push branch1 &&
 	(
-- 
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