understanding how remote tracking works
From: Geoff Russell <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:16
I'm trying to get my head around tracking/remote repositories. Why does "git show-ref" show me far more than in in .git/refs/remotes/origin? $ ls -l .git/refs/remotes/origin total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 geoff ssh 41 2010-08-09 10:17 BBBB -rw-r--r-- 1 geoff ssh 41 2010-08-09 10:27 CCCC -rw-r--r-- 1 geoff ssh 32 2010-08-09 10:13 HEAD $ git show-ref ... 21ff181dc71a2fb0ef161b3f55f93b8197312515 refs/remotes/origin/BBBB d2e8aa93940f42c4017f0029d94b9e0ead1d392d refs/remotes/origin/BRANCH e8ee2fb060589114d8fd5cf1d5c568365f2b3dbb refs/remotes/origin/CCCC 979133b0762ed7b4b8b6e0ef0387a2a11e89c8ba refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 2b568d757d92e8fd581a90888dc8b0bc95355565 refs/remotes/origin/LCG fe91bc2a45753830b832a9ccf24fdea5d7b73b4c refs/remotes/origin/SWAN 83f9795420b54eb23327ec33d1907757ba8141cc refs/remotes/origin/brA 2a0ea3f9823db8fb9f74171e38531f5be3cd66a5 refs/remotes/origin/brB 979133b0762ed7b4b8b6e0ef0387a2a11e89c8ba refs/remotes/origin/master 85bffc07ee7f3b07717c4ed74e0a6a56e52a48e4 refs/remotes/origin/mmmm e02730027b1b85d515bce08c17010408610061f4 refs/remotes/origin/nnnn Cheers, Geoff Russell P.S. my git is at 1.6.2.3