On 2014-04-23 10:58, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Tim Chase wrote: > > cd .git/refs > > mkdir -p closed > > mv heads/BUG-123 closed > > That breaks with packed refs (see git-pack-refs(1)), which are a > normal thing to encounter after garbage collection. > > Hope that helps, Very much so. Alrighty...based on that alone, I'll stick to my archive script that calls update-ref and then deletes the branch. Thanks, -tkc -- 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