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Re: "git gc" removes ".git/refs/heads/master".

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PBPeter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 29, 2009, 19:55 UTC
Message-ID
<20090129195526.GA15475@m62s10.vlinux.de>
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 08:31:17PM +0100, Bernd Lommerzheim wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> maybe I found a bug in git. When I execute "git gc" in my local repository,
> git removes the file ".git/refs/heads/master". Is this an intended behavior
> (but why?) or is that a bug?
>

This is intential, as git gc creates .git/packed-refs in which the contents of your master branch are stored. The packed-refs help speeding up the listing of your branches if you have many of them (e.g. many old historical ones).

Regards, Peter Baumann

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  1. Bernd LommerzheimJan 29, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 29, 2009
  3. Johannes GilgerJan 29, 2009
  4. Peter BaumannJan 29, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2009

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