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Re: Storing notes refs outside of refs/

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2010, 18:51 UTC
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Heya,
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 13:47, Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com> wrote:
> Hm, so storing no longer needed branches outside of the refs/heads
> namespace (so that they don't show up in git branch) is a bad idea?

You can store them outside refs/heads just fine, as long as they're somewhere under refs. For example, refs/attic/ would be perfectly safe.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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  6. Tomas CarneckyAug 26, 2010
  7. Sverre RabbelierAug 26, 2010
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