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From: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Subject: Re: Archiving tags/branches?
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:32:59 +0200
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On Saturday 18 October 2008, SZEDER G=E1bor wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 01:15:49PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:
> > Go have a look in .git/packed-refs. Then have a read through
> > git-pack-refs(1).
>
> Oh, indeed, my good old refs are there!  Thanks for the info.

BTW, the best way IMHO to archive old refs is to clone your repo (with =
all=20
tags/branches) to a backup disk, and then regularly push (git push --al=
l &&=20
git push --tags) your new tags/branches to this backup. You are now fre=
e to=20
delete these tags/branches from your work repo (they will not be delete=
d=20
from the backup unless you use "git push --mirror"). And if you ever ne=
ed=20
to retrieve an old tag/branch, it's just a matter of pulling it from th=
e=20
backup repo. Nice, clean, flexible, and requires no changes to git.


Have fun! :)

=2E..Johan

--=20
Johan Herland, <johan@herland.net>
www.herland.net