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Re: Is ./git/branches used for anything?

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2010, 08:11 UTC
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Heya,
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 09:01, Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com> wrote:
> If so, what?  .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so
> what is the branches directory for?
It's a leftover from the good ole' days. I think Cogito used it.
-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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