From: Ralf Ebert <info@ralfebert.de>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:31:44 GMT
Subject: Re: understanding how remote tracking works
Message-ID: <i3nlq0$8un$1@dough.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=J3tDnZUg3k5bzDk2ydzYVVLKLwoW0gpBypYAs@mail.gmail.com>

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