Re: emacs-repository-version on MS-Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andreas Schwab <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:33:09 +0100
> 
> .git can also be a gitdir file.

Right, missed that part.  Thanks.

> > Question: Can .git/HEAD specify a branch in refs/remotes/?  If so,
> > what do we do in the above algorithm? punt and return nil?
> 
> There is nothing wrong with that.  You should not assume any meaning in
> the ref namespaces.

Sorry, I don't follow.  refs/remotes/ means the active branch is not
on the local machine, right?  So how can Emacs get the tip SHA1 in
that case?