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On 2014-04-23 10:58, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Tim Chase wrote:
> >   cd .git/refs
> >   mkdir -p closed
> >   mv heads/BUG-123 closed
> 
> That breaks with packed refs (see git-pack-refs(1)), which are a
> normal thing to encounter after garbage collection.
> 
> Hope that helps,

Very much so.  Alrighty...based on that alone, I'll stick to my
archive script that calls update-ref and then deletes the branch.

Thanks,

-tkc