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Is ./git/branches used for anything?

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RGRon Garret <ron1@flownet.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2010, 08:01 UTC
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If so, what? .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so what is the branches directory for?

Thanks, rg

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