Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. Specifically, - if BUG-123 branch was placed in packed-refs file in the past (which may be older than what you have right now at heads/BUG-123 as a loose ref), the above procedure will still make it appear in your "git branch --list" output, pointing at a possibly old commit that may even have been pruned away. - if BUG-123 branch was placed in packed-refs file and you haven't touched that branch since then, heads/BUG-123 file would not exist, "mv" will fail, and you won't see closed/BUG-123 at the end of the procedure. -- 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