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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Rodrigo Silva Mendoza <rodrigosilvamendoza3@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Best way to update `HEAD` in mirrored repos
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Date:   Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:53:55 -0700
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Rodrigo Silva Mendoza <rodrigosilvamendoza3@gmail.com> writes:

> What I've got that I think works
> 1. Get the ref from the origin that points to `HEAD`. Extract the ref
> from the output.
> 2. Manually update the `HEAD` ref with the extracted output prior step
>
> Like so:
> ```
> $ git ls-remote --symref origin HEAD
> ref: refs/heads/good_main_3     HEAD
> 0666a519f94b8500ab6f14bdf7c9c2e5ca7d5821        HEAD
>
> $ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/good_main_3
> ```
>
> Does this make sense?

Yes.  That soudns like the right thing to do.