Request tidier binutils git branch organization.
Jan Beulich suggests tidying the binutils git repository by keeping only official branches at the top level and moving user branches under `users/`.
Jan Beulich suggests organizing the binutils git repository by limiting the top-level branches to official ones, and placing user-specific branches under the users/ namespace. This is to reduce the amount of data fetched by developers who selectively fetch branches.
In Details
This concerns the organization of the binutils git repository. The goal is to reduce the number of refs that developers need to fetch, especially when using sparse-checkout configurations.
For Context
Git repositories store code and its history in branches. This discussion is about organizing the branches in the binutils Git repository to make it easier for developers to manage and download the code they need, especially when they're only interested in specific parts of the project.