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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix the remote note the fetch-tool prints after storing a fetched reference
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:14:36 -0700
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"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> Otherwise ".git" is removed from every remote name which has it:
>
>  $ git fetch -v
>    * refs/heads/origin: same as branch 'master' of /home/user/linux
>      commit: 5ecd310
>  $ ls /home/user/linux
>  ls: /home/user/linux: No such file or directory
>  $ ls /home/user/linux.git
>  HEAD  objects  packed-refs  ...

I suspect the above misses the point.

The test "ls /home/user/linux" is not relevant.  Ability to say
"git fetch /home/user/linux" is.