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git-symbolic-ref

Creating a symbolic reference

Git

$ git symbolic-ref i-track-for-a-living refs/heads/master 

LibGit2Sharp

using(varrepo=newRepository("path/to/your/repo")){varsymRef=repo.Refs.Create("i-track-for-a-living","refs/heads/master");}

Updating the target of a symbolic reference

Git

$ git symbolic-ref i-track-for-a-living refs/heads/vNext 

LibGit2Sharp

using(varrepo=newRepository("path/to/your/repo")){varsymRef=repo.Refs.UpdateTarget("i-track-for-a-living","refs/heads/vNext");}

Reading which branch the given symbolic reference refers to

Reading the HEAD

Git

$ git symbolic-ref HEAD 

LibGit2Sharp

using(varrepo=newRepository("path/to/your/repo")){Console.WriteLine(repo.Head.CanonicalName));}

Reading any symbolic reference

Git

$ git symbolic-ref i-track-for-a-living 

LibGit2Sharp

using(varrepo=newRepository("path/to/your/repo")){Console.WriteLine(repo.Refs["i-track-for-a-living"].TargetIdentifier);}

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