Subject: Re: error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/*'

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:09:07 -0700 (PDT)

Nicolas Bock <[email-masked]> writes:

> I guess I don't understand refs. I figured that since I have
> 
> remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> 
> set, I should have a ref refs/remotes/origin/* as well.

The above is _globbing_ refspec, it means that it maps 
"refs/heads/<name>" branch in remote repository to 
"refs/remotes/origin/<name>" remote-tracking branch in local
repository.

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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