* Is ./git/branches used for anything?
@ 2010-02-02 8:01 Ron Garret
2010-02-02 8:11 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-02-02 15:00 ` Jakub Narebski
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From: Ron Garret @ 2010-02-02 8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
If so, what? .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so
what is the branches directory for?
Thanks,
rg
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* Re: Is ./git/branches used for anything?
2010-02-02 8:01 Is ./git/branches used for anything? Ron Garret
@ 2010-02-02 8:11 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-02-02 8:19 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 15:00 ` Jakub Narebski
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From: Sverre Rabbelier @ 2010-02-02 8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ron Garret; +Cc: git
Heya,
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 09:01, Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com> wrote:
> If so, what? .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so
> what is the branches directory for?
It's a leftover from the good ole' days. I think Cogito used it.
--
Cheers,
Sverre Rabbelier
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* Re: Is ./git/branches used for anything?
2010-02-02 8:11 ` Sverre Rabbelier
@ 2010-02-02 8:19 ` Ron Garret
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From: Ron Garret @ 2010-02-02 8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
In article
<fabb9a1e1002020011p4819b918yc9c2379bf68b4b6b@mail.gmail.com>,
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 09:01, Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com> wrote:
> > If so, what? .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so
> > what is the branches directory for?
>
> It's a leftover from the good ole' days. I think Cogito used it.
Thanks!
rg
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* Re: Is ./git/branches used for anything?
2010-02-02 8:01 Is ./git/branches used for anything? Ron Garret
2010-02-02 8:11 ` Sverre Rabbelier
@ 2010-02-02 15:00 ` Jakub Narebski
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From: Jakub Narebski @ 2010-02-02 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ron Garret; +Cc: git
Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com> writes:
> If so, what? .git/refs/heads seems to contain all the branch info, so
> what is the branches directory for?
See gitrepository-layout(5):
branches::
A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used
to specify URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push'
commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and
give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository'
argument.
and git-pull(1):
REMOTES
-------
The name of one of the following can be used instead
of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
* a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line
because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.
[...]
Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can choose to provide the name of a
file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`.
The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.
This file should have the following format:
------------
<url>#<head>
------------
`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following
refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line.
`<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and
`<head>` defaults to `master`.
Ancient history, if somewhat useful for some workflow[1]. It came from
Cogito, which was alternate UI for git.
[1] Namely one of main Linux kernel developers (Linus lieutienants)
has scripts around this way of specifying remote information.
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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