Doc repository-layout: Show refs/replace
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Philip Oakley committed
Oct 21, 2012 at 21:52 UTC
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@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ refs/remotes/`name`::
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records tip-of-the-tree commit objects of branches copied
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from a remote repository.
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+refs/replace/`<obj-sha1>`::
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+ records the SHA1 of the object that replaces `<obj-sha1>`.
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+ This is similar to info/grafts and is internally used and
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+ maintained by linkgit:git-replace[1]. Such refs can be exchanged
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+ between repositories while grafts are not.
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packed-refs::
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records the same information as refs/heads/, refs/tags/,
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and friends record in a more efficient way. See