On 28 October 2012 12:32, David Flynn <dav...@woaf.net> wrote: > * David Cantrell (da...@cantrell.org.uk) wrote: >> >> Now, my question - can I delete the branch, while still leaving the tag >> in place? > > > Yes, branches (as are tags) are just pointers to commits. As long as > a commit is reachable via some pointer, it won't be GC'd. > > ..david
You can even survive accidentally deleting a branch or tag most of the time, because there's always the "reflog", which contains a list of pointers to commits , and this reflog is only periodically trimmed. Yet another reason to love git. -- Kent