Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.6-178-g55272

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@@ -473,10 +473,10 @@ remote repository.</p></div>
 the remote repository.</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-t &lt;branch&gt;</tt> option, instead of the default glob

 refspec for the remote to track all branches under

-<tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/</tt>, a refspec to track only <tt>&lt;branch&gt;</tt>

+the <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/</tt> namespace, a refspec to track only <tt>&lt;branch&gt;</tt>

 is created.  You can give more than one <tt>-t &lt;branch&gt;</tt> to track

 multiple branches without grabbing all branches.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-m &lt;master&gt;</tt> option, <tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is set

+<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-m &lt;master&gt;</tt> option, a symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is set

 up to point at remote&#8217;s <tt>&lt;master&gt;</tt> branch. See also the set-head command.</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>When a fetch mirror is created with <tt>--mirror=fetch</tt>, the refs will not

 be stored in the <em>refs/remotes/</em> namespace, but rather everything in

@@ -512,22 +512,23 @@ configuration settings for the remote are removed.
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 <p>

-Sets or deletes the default branch (<tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt>) for

+Sets or deletes the default branch (i.e. the target of the

+symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt>) for

 the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,

 but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific

 branch. For example, if the default branch for <tt>origin</tt> is set to

 <tt>master</tt>, then <tt>origin</tt> may be specified wherever you would normally

 specify <tt>origin/master</tt>.

 </p>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-d</tt>, <tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is deleted.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-a</tt>, the remote is queried to determine its <tt>HEAD</tt>, then

-<tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote

+<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-d</tt>, the symbolic ref <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is deleted.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>-a</tt>, the remote is queried to determine its <tt>HEAD</tt>, then the

+symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote

 <tt>HEAD</tt> is pointed at <tt>next</tt>, "<tt>git remote set-head origin -a</tt>" will set

-<tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD</tt> to <tt>refs/remotes/origin/next</tt>. This will

+the symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/origin/HEAD</tt> to <tt>refs/remotes/origin/next</tt>. This will

 only work if <tt>refs/remotes/origin/next</tt> already exists; if not it must be

 fetched first.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <tt>&lt;branch&gt;</tt> to set <tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> explicitly. e.g., "git

-remote set-head origin master" will set <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD</tt> to

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <tt>&lt;branch&gt;</tt> to set the symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/&lt;name&gt;/HEAD</tt> explicitly. e.g., "git

+remote set-head origin master" will set the symbolic-ref <tt>refs/remotes/origin/HEAD</tt> to

 <tt>refs/remotes/origin/master</tt>. This will only work if

 <tt>refs/remotes/origin/master</tt> already exists; if not it must be fetched first.</p></div>

 </dd>

@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ $ git merge origin</tt></pre>
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-Last updated 2011-04-06 19:53:11 UTC

+Last updated 2011-07-13 23:50:41 UTC

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