Documentation/glossary.txt: describe remotes/ tracking and packed-refs

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Junio C Hamano 2007-01-17 10:54:58 -08:00
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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