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Moving refs around

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Running git reset --hard moves refs to the specified hash/ref.

Moving MyBranch to b8dc53: 

$ git checkout MyBranch      # moves HEAD to MyBranch
$ git reset --hard b8dc53    # makes MyBranch point to b8dc53
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Internals:
*Internals
*Repo
*Objects
*HEAD ref
*Refs
*Commit Object
*Tree Object
*Blob Object
*Creating new Commits
*Moving HEAD
*Moving refs around
*Creating new Refs
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