Though the refspec
isn't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the Git configuration, it is actually quite close. In a lot of the Git commands, the refspec
is used, but often implicitly, that is, the refspec
is taken from the configuration file. If you don't remember setting a refspec
configuration, you are probably right, but if you cloned the repository or added a remote, you'll have a section in .git/config
that looks something like the following (this is for the jgit
repository):
[remote "origin"]
url = https://git.eclipse.org/r/jgit/jgit
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
The fetch line contains the configured refspec
to fetch in relation to this repository.