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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

> Yes, but I understood him to mean "it's a tree-sha" instead of a
> branch/head thing, which would mean it doesn't fit the .git/refs
> definition of ref.

I am not sure what you meant by "it's a tree-sha", but if you
have an impression that .git/refs define "ref" as committish,
you are mistaken.  Linus has .git/refs/tags/v2.6.11-tree which
tags a tree object.  I even have a .git/refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
which tags a blob (blobish ;-> ?).