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Re: Host refs to push are chosen (documentation error)?

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ABAndrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Date
Feb 18, 2010, 07:19 UTC
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<201002181019.58736.arvidjaar@mail.ru>
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<20100218011620.GA15870@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Thursday 18 of February 2010 04:16:20 Jeff King wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:39:23PM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Andrey Borzenkov 
<arvidjaar@mail.ru> wrote:
Show 14 quoted lines
> > >> {pts/1}% l .git/refs/heads
> > >> local-mdv  local-mdv.stgit
> > > 
> > > have you tried
> > > 
> > >  $ cat .git/packed-refs
> > > 
> > > ?
> > 
> > The documentation is still lying though :)
> 
> Agreed. It's a minor point, but one that can mislead users who don't
> know about packed refs. Maybe something like this?
> 
And I thought it was such a simple question :)
Thank you!
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Message 12 of 12 in “Host refs to push are chosen (documentation error)?”
  1. Andrey BorzenkovFeb 17, 2010
  2. Tay Ray ChuanFeb 17, 2010
  3. Avery PennarunFeb 17, 2010
  4. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2010
  5. Avery PennarunFeb 18, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2010
  7. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2010
  9. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2010
  11. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2010
  12. Andrey BorzenkovFeb 18, 2010

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