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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index e1c4320f02..379eee6734 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ status if it is not. A reference is used in git to specify branches and tags. A branch head is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and -a tag is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory. git -imposes the following rules on how references are named: +a tag is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory (or, if refs +are packed by `git gc`, as entries in the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file). +git imposes the following rules on how references are named: . They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a |