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Re: understanding how remote tracking works

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Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2010, 01:53 UTC
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Hi Ralf,
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ralf Ebert <info@ralfebert.de> wrote:
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> Hi Geoff,
>
>> Why does "git show-ref" show me far more than in
>> in .git/refs/remotes/origin?
>
> probably the other refs come from .git/packed-refs . See
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pack-refs.html .

Yes. Many thanks. I'm working my way through Jon Loeliger's Git book and it's confusing when the actual behaviour differs from that in the book :)

Cheers, Geoff

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  1. Geoff RussellAug 9, 2010
  2. Ralf EbertAug 9, 2010
  3. Geoff RussellAug 9, 2010
  4. Michael WittenAug 9, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederAug 9, 2010
  6. Geoff RussellAug 9, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederAug 9, 2010
  9. discarding refs/original/* after filter-branch (Re: understanding how remote tracking works)Jonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  10. Documentation: add a FILES section for show-refJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2010

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