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Fixes #1913 #2048

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions book/10-git-internals/sections/refspec.asc
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Expand Up @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Running the command above adds a section to your repository's `.git/config` file
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
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The format of the refspec is, first, an optional `+`, followed by `<src>:<dst>`, where `<src>` is the pattern for references on the remote side and `<dst>` is where those references will be tracked locally.
The `+` tells Git to update the reference even if it isn't a fast-forward.
The format of the refspec is, first, an optional `{plus}`, followed by `<src>:<dst>`, where `<src>` is the pattern for references on the remote side and `<dst>` is where those references will be tracked locally.
The `{plus}` tells Git to update the reference even if it isn't a fast-forward.

In the default case that is automatically written by a `git remote add origin` command, Git fetches all the references under `refs/heads/` on the server and writes them to `refs/remotes/origin/` locally.
So, if there is a `master` branch on the server, you can access the log of that branch locally via any of the following:
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