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Re: [PATCH] Teach git push .git/branches shorthand

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JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 8, 2005, 10:25 UTC
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On Monday 08 August 2005 11:55, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> > IMHO, $GIT_DIR/branches/ is really confusing.
> > Hmmm... in $GIT_DIR/branches/ there are named references to remote
> > (named) references.
>
> Not necessarily. The following is perfectly valid:
>
> echo "rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > .git/branches/x
>
> It does not contain a named reference, just a host.

Not really. Your example defaults to the master head. It is perfectly valid (at least cogito usage), to have the reference appended as an anchor:

echo "rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git#pu" > .git/branches/pu
For lightweight remote tag, even a SHA1 as anchor should be possible.
Josef
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> Ciao,
> Dscho
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Message 5 of 11 in “Teach git push .git/branches shorthand”
  1. Teach git push .git/branches shorthandJunio C Hamano, Aug 8, 2005
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2005
  3. Josef WeidendorferAug 8, 2005
  4. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2005
  5. Josef WeidendorferAug 8, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2005
  7. Josef WeidendorferAug 8, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2005
  9. Matthias UrlichsAug 11, 2005
  10. Darrin ThompsonAug 9, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2005

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