Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote: > > > .git/packed-refs. This patch therefore teaches t5515-fetch-merge-logic > > to also remove the refs in question from the packed-refs file. > > [...] > > + cat .git/packed-refs | \ > > + while read sha1 refname > > + do > > + case "$sha1" in > > + ^*) # remove peeled tags > > + ;; > > + *) > > + case "$refname" in > > + refs/heads/*|\ > > + refs/remotes/rem/*|\ > > + refs/tags/*) # remove same as above > > + ;; > > + *) # keep everything else > > + echo "$sha1 $refname" > > + ;; > > + esac > > + esac > > + done > .git/packed-refs.new > > + mv .git/packed-refs.new .git/packed-refs > > Might it not be simpler to just convert it to use plumbing to delete the > refs? Something like piping for-each-ref into update-ref -d? Or use git-for-each-ref with --shell option to generate code for deleting refs? -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- 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