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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2012-10-21 21:52:37 +0100
committerJeff King <peff@peff.net>2012-10-25 06:56:39 -0400
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Doc repository-layout: Show refs/replace
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ refs/remotes/`name`::
records tip-of-the-tree commit objects of branches copied
from a remote repository.
+refs/replace/`<obj-sha1>`::
+ records the SHA1 of the object that replaces `<obj-sha1>`.
+ This is similar to info/grafts and is internally used and
+ maintained by linkgit:git-replace[1]. Such refs can be exchanged
+ between repositories while grafts are not.
+
packed-refs::
records the same information as refs/heads/, refs/tags/,
and friends record in a more efficient way. See