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-rw-r--r--Documentation/repository-layout.txt9
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diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
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@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ refs/tags/`name`::
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