Hi, On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Johan Herland wrote: > when git-clone is cloning repos with thousands of refs, it makes sense > to create a packed-refs file directly in the clone, instead of having to > run "git pack-refs" (or "git gc") afterwards to (re)pack the refs. Sure, and it's easy, too. The format of the packed-refs file is exactly the same as the output of "git ls-remote <origin>". Ciao, Dscho - 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