Re: Newbie / git / gitosis question

On Aug 26, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Howard Miller wrote:

there's one bit that's unclear to me...

git push origin master:refs/heads/master

Would somebody kindly explain (or point to docs) what
refs/heads/master means?

I wish somehow these refs would be hidden so newbies like me and  
everyone I introduce to git didn't have to know about them. They feel  
like an "advanced concept", some internal syntax that 99% of users  
shouldn't need to know about. When I see a refspec in the help pages  
my eyes glaze over!

Graham.