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check-ref-format doc: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref
It is an unimportant implementation detail that branches and tags are stored somewhere under $GIT_DIR/refs directory. What is more important is that branches live in refs/heads and tags live in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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status if it is not.
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A reference is used in git to specify branches and tags. A
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branch head is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and
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a tag is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory (or, if refs
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are packed by `git gc`, as entries in the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file).
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branch head is stored in the `refs/heads` hierarchy, while
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a tag is stored in the `refs/tags` hierarchy of the ref namespace
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(typically in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags`
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directories or, as entries in file `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs`
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if refs are packed by `git gc`).
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git imposes the following rules on how references are named:
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. They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory)
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