Hi Ralf, On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ralf Ebert <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > >> Why does "git show-ref" show me far more than in >> in .git/refs/remotes/origin? > > probably the other refs come from .git/packed-refs . See > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pack-refs.html . Yes. Many thanks. I'm working my way through Jon Loeliger's Git book and it's confusing when the actual behaviour differs from that in the book :) Cheers, Geoff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html