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

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2010, 01:51 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> Agreed. It's a minor point, but one that can mislead users who don't
> know about packed refs. Maybe something like this?
Wow, you really go all out.  Looks pretty good to me, except maybe this:
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> ++
> +For any of the `$GIT_DIR/refs` cases above, packed refs from
> +`$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` may be substituted (e.g., a line with
> +`refs/heads/master` in the packed-refs file would have the same
> +precedence as the file `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/master`).

Are they really equal precedence? How does git decide, when there's one of each? I'd guess packed-refs might actually be strictly higher precedence, but I'm not sure.

Avery
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Message 5 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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