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> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 11:01:57PM +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>> J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>>> +
>>> +A git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git"
>>> +subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among other
>>> +things, a compressed object database representing the complete history
>>> +of the project, a set of pointers into that history ("refs")
>> ... into that history ("refs" - branches and tags)
>
> I slept on it and took another look, and decided you were right; this is
> what I have there now:
>
> A git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git"
> subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among
> other things, a compressed object database representing the complete
> history of the project, an "index" file which links that history to
> the current contents of the working tree, and named pointers into that
> history such as tags and branch heads.
>