here are often called 'unpacked' (or 'loose') objects.
objects/pack::
- Packs (files that store many object in compressed form,
+ Packs (files that store many objects in compressed form,
along with index files to allow them to be randomly
accessed) are found in this directory.
to the object database, not to the repository!) in your
alternates file, but it will not work if you use absolute
paths unless the absolute path in filesystem and web URL
- is the same. See also 'objects/info/http-alternates'.
+ is the same. See also `objects/info/http-alternates`.
objects/info/http-alternates::
This file records URLs to alternate object stores that
directory. The 'git prune' command knows to preserve
objects reachable from refs found in this directory and
its subdirectories.
- This directory is ignored (except refs/bisect and
- refs/worktree) if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and
- "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/refs" will be used instead.
+ This directory is ignored (except refs/bisect,
+ refs/rewritten and refs/worktree) if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is
+ set and "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/refs" will be used instead.
refs/heads/`name`::
records tip-of-the-tree commit objects of branch `name`
logs::
Records of changes made to refs are stored in this directory.
See linkgit:git-update-ref[1] for more information. This
- directory is ignored if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and
- "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/logs" will be used instead.
+ directory is ignored (except logs/HEAD) if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is
+ set and "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/logs" will be used instead.
logs/refs/heads/`name`::
Records all changes made to the branch tip named `name`.