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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-17 10:54:58 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-17 10:54:58 -0800
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Documentation/glossary.txt: describe remotes/ tracking and packed-refs
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@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ refs/tags/`name`::
records any object name (not necessarily a commit
object, or a tag object that points at a commit object).
+refs/remotes/`name`::
+ records tip-of-the-tree commit objects of branches copied
+ from a remote repository.
+
+packed-refs::
+ records the same information as refs/heads/, refs/tags/,
+ and friends record in a more efficient way. See
+ gitlink:git-pack-refs[1].
+
HEAD::
A symref (see glossary) to the `refs/heads/` namespace
describing the currently active branch. It does not mean