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Re: [PATCH] Teach parse_commit_buffer about grafting.

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 19, 2005, 00:50 UTC
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Paul Mackerras wrote:
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> 
> > Umm. git-rev-list really does everything. Rule of thumb: if you _ever_
> > need to look at any other internal git information, you're probably doing
> > something wrong, or you've missed yet another flag ;)
> 
> I still look in [gitdir]/refs/tags/* and [gitdir]/refs/heads/*, what
> flag have I missed? :)  Junio wants me to look at everything under
> [gitdir]/refs, in fact.  Or are the refs not considered internal git
> information?
Ahh, ok, fair enough. git-rev-list won't give you that.

And yes, the general rule is that anything under .git/refs/ is potentially a reference. If it's under "heads/" or "tags/" it's a branch/tag, and then the prefix "heads/" or "tags/" shouldn't be part of the name - you already show the difference with colors. Anything else is unusual, but bisection puts refs in the ".git/refs/bisect" directory for example, and if gitk were to show those, it should probably show them in yet another color, and _with_ the "bisect/" prefix..

		Linus
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  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2005
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