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Re: recent change in git.git/master broke my repos

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Oct 25, 2007, 20:42 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> 
>> Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>>> Isn't that called a remote branch that gets updated with "git fetch' ?
>>> You can even trick Git into not using the refs/remotes/ namespace for them
>>> if you wish.
>>>
>> You'd lose the ability to do "git diff origin/master" while disconnected
>> though. It's quite valuable.
> 
> I don't see how you'd lose anything.
> 

Sorry, I thought you were talking about a config along the lines of: fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*

What other trick are you talking about?
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  1. Randal L. SchwartzOct 25, 2007
  2. Karl HasselströmOct 25, 2007
  3. Nicolas PitreOct 25, 2007
  4. Randal L. SchwartzOct 25, 2007
  5. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreOct 25, 2007
  7. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2007
  8. Karl HasselströmOct 26, 2007
  9. Jeff KingOct 25, 2007
  10. Randal L. SchwartzOct 25, 2007
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  13. Jeff KingOct 25, 2007
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  15. Jeff KingOct 25, 2007
  16. Daniel BarkalowOct 25, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2007
  18. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007

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