two letters from its object name to keep the number of
directory entries `objects` directory itself needs to
hold. Objects found here are often called 'unpacked'
- objects.
+ (or 'loose') objects.
objects/pack::
Packs (files that store many object in compressed form,
records any object name (not necessarily a commit
object, or a tag object that points at a commit object).
+refs/remotes/`name`::
+ records tip-of-the-tree commit objects of branches copied
+ from a remote repository.
+
+packed-refs::
+ records the same information as refs/heads/, refs/tags/,
+ and friends record in a more efficient way. See
+ gitlink:git-pack-refs[1].
+
HEAD::
A symref (see glossary) to the `refs/heads/` namespace
describing the currently active branch. It does not mean
in this directory.
info/refs::
- This file is to help dumb transports to discover what
- refs are available in this repository. Whenever you
- create/delete a new branch or a new tag, `git
- update-server-info` should be run to keep this file
- up-to-date if the repository is published for dumb
- transports. The `git-receive-pack` command, which is
- run on a remote repository when you `git push` into it,
- runs `hooks/update` hook to help you achieve this.
+ This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are
+ available in this repository. If the repository is
+ published for dumb transports, this file should be
+ regenerated by `git update-server-info` every time a tag
+ or branch is created or modified. This is normally done
+ from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the
+ `git-receive-pack` command when you `git push` into the
+ repository.
info/grafts::
This file records fake commit ancestry information, to