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Subject: Re: [RFC] checkout to notice forks (Re: Minor annoyance with git
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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:

> I'm also in part worried about the lack of publicity "struct branch" has 
> gotten; it would have saved you having to write 64 of 136 lines, so it's 
> worth you knowing about.

Actually, I initially took a look at branch.h and tried to reuse
find_tracked_branch() but then realized it was a wrong interface.
The "struct branch" in remote.h (Heh) looks like the right
interface.

Documentation/technical/api-*.txt should really talk about
what's in remote.c.