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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Branch deletion (Re: [RFC] fast-import: note deletion command)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:49:54 -0500
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Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> The problem currently is that when
> you try to "git push origin :experimental-branch", there is no way for
> the transport-helper code to tell the helper to delete the ref.

Ah!  Thanks for explaining.

It also occurs to me that

	reset refs/heads/experimental-branch

	... rest of the fast-import stream comes here ...

could be used as an especially non-self-explanatory way to express
this kind of thing. :)  No idea whether that works already.  A
deleteref command and deleteref feature documented to be meant for
this purpose sound handy to me.

By the way, what does the "export" command do in the following
situation?

	git push origin something-big:master

Does it assume the remote-tracking branch for master reflects what's
available on the other end and send a stream for
origin/master..something-big, or does it send the entire history of
something-big?