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Re: understanding how remote tracking works

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Ralf Ebert <info@ralfebert.de>
Date
Aug 9, 2010, 01:31 UTC
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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 .

Greetings, Ralf

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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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