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Re: Deleting remote branches with git-branch and reflog questions

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Jan 23, 2007, 13:02 UTC
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<200701231259.27719.andyparkins@gmail.com>
Andy Parkins wrote:
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> reflogs
> -------
> 
> Why does the reflog directory .git/logs need to store the refs/ directory?  
> Aren't /all/ the refs under "refs/" these days?
> 
No. HEAD isn't, nor is ORIG_HEAD, and possibly others.
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