From: Dieter Schön <dieter@schoen.or.at>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:11:06 GMT
Subject: Re: how to remove unreachable objects?
Message-ID: <326CBCA0-9960-41B9-B5CD-F231A6880DFE@schoen.or.at>
In-Reply-To: <20110919195335.GA31930@sigill.intra.peff.net>


Am 19.09.2011 um 21:53 schrieb Jeff King:

> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:08:31AM +0200, dieter@schoen.or.at wrote:
> 
>> this is my use case:
>> i create a repository and produce several commits on master.
>> then i go back to a certain tag and create a new branch, where i also
>> commit.
>> then i switch back to master and delete (-D) the other branch.
>> it should now be unreachable from within git (to prove its existence,
>> i remember a commit SHA1 on the dead branch).
> 
> It will still be referenced by the HEAD reflog, won't it?

thanks to all that answered!
it was very helpful and i gained a bit more insight.

kind regards,
dieter